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Screwed?

Submitted by Tom Chaudoir on Sat, 12/22/2007 - 21:06.

So when I set my server up I came up with really good, strong passwords. That was a couple of weeks ago. Now I'm following along with episode 6 to backup my database. Going into phpmyadmin it seems that I can't reproduce my username and password. Shucks. My fault.
 
Is there a way to recover this stuff, or should I pull the whole lamp server out by the roots and start over?
 
Best,
Tom 

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Sorry. Never mind.

Submitted by Tom Chaudoir on Sun, 12/23/2007 - 03:09.

I remembered my details. Whew!
 
Thanks anyway.
 
Best,
Tom 

Tom, use a sudo

Submitted by chayak on Tue, 12/25/2007 - 04:22.

Tom, use a sudo dpkg-reconfigure on the mysql install package (sorry, can't remember it off the top of my head).  It will let you enter a new root password for the install and you should be able to access the database.
 
Oh nevermind, anyway keep what I said in the back of your head and next time you forget it won't be such an emergency ;)
-Brandon
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Glad you found them Tom!

Submitted by chad on Thu, 12/27/2007 - 00:11.

Glad you found them Tom! Whew!