On Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 04:44:57PM +0000, John-Mark wrote:
> Hi people
> I have messed up my grant table on mysql and can't fix it. I am basically 
> getting 
> access denied  on all users including root. I have only junk databases and 
> tables
> To sort out this problem I have decided to start from scratch by this i mean 
> to 
> completely remove all traces of mysql ( i hope this will include the grant 
> table) 
> and then reinstall so that I can reset .
> Could somebody tell me what files I need to manually remove after having
> run apt-get remove mysql-server mysql-client
> so that when I reinstall I get a clean sheet to work with. I have tried to
> get responses from the mysql mailing list but it seems the debian system is
> too different for people to help me specifically
> Many Thanks in advance

I took a look at the server at work.  It is redhat but the
mysql tables are found in /var/lib/mysql/
maybe they are the same in Debian??
kent

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