Archive for April 5th, 2011

Recover root password Linux Ubuntu

Some Linux distribution, such as Ubuntu for instance, offer a specific boot menu entry where it is stated “Recovery Mode” or “Single-User Mode“. If this is your case, selecting this menu entry will boot your machine into single user mode, you can carry on with the next part. If not, you [...]

6 May 2010 at 13:46 - Comments

Recover MySQL root Password

Step # 1 : Stop mysql service #/etc/init.d/mysql stop Output: Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld. Step # 2: Start to MySQL server w/o password: #mysqld_safe –skip-grant-tables & Output: [1] 5988 Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql mysqld_safe[6025]: started Step # 3: Connect to mysql server using mysql client: #mysql -u root Output: Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection [...]

6 May 2010 at 13:38 - Comments