Re: mySQL password file.

Adam Charnock <adamcharnock@btinternet.com> wrote: > Can anyone tell me which file on my ded. server is likely to have the mySQL > encrypted password and login in it? /var/lib/mysql/mysql/user.ISD However, it's not a plain-text file. If you have lost your root-password to the MySQL server, then 1) close it, 2) re-start it with the --skip-grant-tables option, 3) log into MySQL as root and give root a new password; finally: 4) re-start the MySQL server in the normal way -- Greetings from Troels Arvin, Copenhagen, Denmark