I installed plesk(first mistake at least here..<G>) and it got in my way in some area more than it helped. The first thing it did was deny root access to mysqld and i could not find the username and password for adding another database. I removed plesk and mysql. when i used yum to reinstall mysql i was then told root @ localhost was denied. I removed mysql again and nuked all of the mysql files i could find that were left behind. Now when i reinstall it won't even start. Any ideas? -- My "Foundation" verse: Isa 54:17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD. -- carpe ductum -- "Grab the tape" CDTT (Certified Duct Tape Technician) Linux user #322099 Machines: 206822 256638 276825 http://counter.li.org/
On 5/15/06, William Warren <hescominsoon at emmanuelcomputerconsulting.com> wrote:> I installed plesk(first mistake at least here..<G>) and it got in my way > in some area more than it helped. The first thing it did was deny root > access to mysqld and i could not find the username and password for > adding another database. I removed plesk and mysql. when i used yum to > reinstall mysql i was then told root @ localhost was denied. I removed > mysql again and nuked all of the mysql files i could find that were left > behind. Now when i reinstall it won't even start. Any ideas?You may need to consult your yum configs and repo files and look for excluded packages. I know cpanel does this, but I'm honestly not sure about plesk. What does it mean if your sig is longer than the body of your message? -- This message has been double ROT13 encoded for security. Anyone other than the intended recipient attempting to decode this message will be in violation of the DMCA
So plesk has some bugs... why re-install mysql? If you don't know the password you can just start it up with --skip-grant-tables and set a new one. I don't know why but it seems common for mysql apps to screw up the root account (mediawiki did this recently). The solution? don't put your root password into an untrusted application. Create a new account using the mysql command line client and then give those details to your application. John. William Warren wrote:> I installed plesk(first mistake at least here..<G>) and it got in my way > in some area more than it helped. The first thing it did was deny root > access to mysqld and i could not find the username and password for > adding another database. I removed plesk and mysql. when i used yum to > reinstall mysql i was then told root @ localhost was denied. I removed > mysql again and nuked all of the mysql files i could find that were left > behind. Now when i reinstall it won't even start. Any ideas? >-- John Newbigin Computer Systems Officer Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies Swinburne University of Technology Melbourne, Australia http://www.ict.swin.edu.au/staff/jnewbigin