Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2005 03:48:38 -0500 From: Nikolas Britton <nikolas.britton@gmail.com> To: John Andrews <John.Andrews@acc.co.nz> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: re-setting root password for MYSQL win 2003 Message-ID: <ef10de9a0506070148761d6122@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <21254E0482266244B6BE9186181F8A5E0277B9CA@corsxc0001> References: <21254E0482266244B6BE9186181F8A5E0277B9CA@corsxc0001>
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On 6/6/05, John Andrews <John.Andrews@acc.co.nz> wrote: > in order to access the MYSQL control centre and MYSQL administrator I > need to be able to re-set the root userpassword, can someone please > advise on how this is done in win2003 server >=20 > admin tools/computer management/ local users and groups does not > disclose the MYSQL root user It's simple: 1. Download the FreeBSD 5.4 disc1 iso image. 2. burn the iso image to a CD. 3. Insert the disc into the cd-rom drive. 4. Reboot the computer. 5. Wait for the freebsd boot loader to pop up. 6. Hit the enter key. 7. Select the standard installation option in sysinstall 8. Select the drive that has windows install on it. 9. Hit the "d" key and the "down-arrow" until it displays one entry that says "unused". 10. Hit the "a" key. 11. Hit the "q" key. 12. Select the standard mbr option. 13. Hit the "a" key. 14. Hit the "q" key. 15. Select the "all" option. 16. Hit the enter key. 17. Select exit option. 18. Hit the enter key. 19. Hit the enter key. 20. Hit the enter key. 21. Wait. 22. Hit the enter key. 23. Hit the enter key. 24. Select the first device on the list. 25. Hit the enter key. 26. Select the yes option. 27. Hit the enter key. 28. Enter some alpha-numerical char's in the Host box. 29. Select the OK button 30. Hit the enter key. 31. Select No 32. Hit the enter key. 33. Hit the enter key. 34. Hit the enter key. 35. Hit the enter key. 36. Hit the enter key. 37. Hit the enter key. 38. Select No. 39. Hit the enter key. 40. Hit the enter key. 41. Select Yes. 42. Hit the enter key. 43. Hit the enter key. 44. Hit the enter key. 45. Select Exit option. 46. Hit the enter key. 47. Hit the enter key. 48. Select No. 49. Hit the enter key. 50. Select no. 51. Hit the enter key. 53. Hit the enter key. 54. Hit the enter key. 55. Enter in a Login Id. 56. Enter in a password 57. add the wheel group to the member groups box. 58. change the login shell to tcsh 59. select ok 60. hit the enter key. 61. select exit. 62. hit the enter key. 63. hit the enter key. 64. enter in a password. 65. enter in the same password you just entered. 66. hit the enter key. 67. hit the enter key. 68. eject and remove the CD from the cd-rom drive. 69. hit the enter key. 70. wait for the computer to reboot. 71. hit the enter key at the boot loader prompt. 72. wait for freebsd to load. 73. login with your normal user account. 74. type in "cd /usr/ports/www/horde". 75. hit the enter key. 76. type in "su" 77. hit the enter key. 78. type in your root password. 79. hit the enter key. 80. type in "make install clean". 81. hit the enter key. 82. wait. 83. select the options you want. 84. repeat steps 82 and 83 until you get a "#" prompt. 85. type in "cd ../../databases/mysql41-server/". 86. hit the enter key. 87. type in "make install clean". 88. select the options you want from the menu. 89. hit the enter key. 90. wait until you get a "#" prompt. 91. If needed configure any config files for the packages you just installe= d. 92. type in "shutdown -r now". 93. hit the enter key. 94. wait for the computer to reboot. 95. hit the enter key at the boot prompt. 96. wait for freebsd to loaded. 97. hit the "scroll lock" key. 98. scroll up and down to check that everything worked ok.=20 99. hit the scroll lock key again. 100. login to the system. THE INFO IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE INFO OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE INFO.
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