Here’s the scenario. You’ve got a dedicated server running windows in a server farm (generic dedicated server provider). You have mysql + asp or php app running all on the same server. Raid 1 mirroring and 2 GB of ram. You have to have windows, because your application supports it. Sound Familiar? It’s a problem…
Tag: access
So you don’t know your root password for mysql. Getting root control of your mysql server back without having to reset the password.
[singlepic id=57] This little tidbit is written for Redhat / CentOS, but with a little bit of work, the concepts and commands are easily modified for any flavor of linux. If you’re sitting on a LAMP stack and you’ve had a defection or just haven’t documented your passwords in a safe place, the easiest…