In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: >2) MySQL complaining about an empty root password. Even downgrading > three versions didn't help and I don't have an older version. Looks > like I will have to dump all my databases (luckily user accounts > still work) and rebuild the account information.
I can't claim to be a mysql expert, but have you tried stoping mysqld and restarting it with -Sg? (It seems to be an option designed for the real root user to get around a forgotten password.) -- Blars Blarson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.blars.org/blars.html "Text is a way we cheat time." -- Patrick Nielsen Hayden