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Recover Lost MySQL Password in FreeBSD
0 Comments | This entry was posted on Apr 18 2006
I had lost the root password for my mysql root account I had it stored in my palm pilot and it had proved stable for quite some time so I threw out the written down passwords.
But then when I went a looked for it in my Palm Pilot the password had somehow disappeared.
So after hunting through some documentation I finally found out how to reset the root password.
These instructions are specific for FreeBSD because that is what my webserver runs.
Everything below has been done using the command line.
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