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Connecting to Database

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by sbrad, Aug 14, 2001.

  1. sbrad

    sbrad Well-Known Member

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    A little help would be very much appreciated.
    We\'ve changed the mySql root password. It was previously NULL. Well, it seems that Cpanel is connecting to the database as root, because I get the following error on the main user screen where it lists the number of databases, and also on the database screen:
    [quote:15f3704c4a]ERROR 1045: Access denied for user: \'root@localhost\' (Using password: YES) [/quote:15f3704c4a]
    Can someone tell me where to go to change the password so it will connect?
    I was able to find the config.inc.php file for phpMyAdmin, and successfully changed it, but I can\'t find this anywhere.
     
    #1 sbrad, Aug 14, 2001
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    Make sure the right info is in /root/.my.cnf
     
    #2 teck, Aug 14, 2001
  3. sbrad

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    [quote:31b76d236b]Make sure the right info is in /root/.my.cnf
    [/quote:31b76d236b]
    <edit>Well, I thought that fixed it, but it didn't.

    [Edited on 8/14/01 by sbrad]
     
    #3 sbrad, Aug 14, 2001
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    If you forgot your mysql root pass, you can reset it with this script:
    [code:1:7c47f09e4e]
    #!/usr/bin/perl

    print "Enter new root pass: ";
    chomp($newroot = <STDIN>);
    chomp($hostname = `hostname`);

    system("kill `cat /var/lib/mysql/$hostname.pid`");
    sleep(2);
    system("killall -9 mysqld");
    system("safe_mysqld --skip-grant-tables &");
    sleep(2);
    system("mysql -h localhost -e \"update user set Password=PASSWORD('$newroot') where User='root'\" mysql");
    system("mysqladmin -h localhost flush-privileges");
    print "mysql root pass set to $newroot\n";

    if (! -e "/root/.my.cnf") {
    open(MY, ">/root/.my.cnf") || die "can't open my.cnf for writing: $!\n";
    print MY "[client]\npassword=$newroot\n";
    close MY;
    system("chmod 640 /root/.my.cnf");
    }
    print "Be sure to edit /usr/local/cpanel/base/3rdparty/phpMyAdmin/config.php.inc!\n";
    exit;
    [/code:1:7c47f09e4e]
    Hope that helps!

    Regards,
    Matt

    [Edited on 8/14/01 by Site5-Matt]
     
    #4 Site5-Matt, Aug 14, 2001
  5. sbrad

    sbrad Well-Known Member

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    Also...I tried changing the root password back to nothing, but it doesn\'t work. I\'m doing it through WHM, and it says it changes it, but it doesn\'t.
     
    #5 sbrad, Aug 14, 2001
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    Hi Matt. Thanks for the script.
    Unfortunately, this is what I get when I run it:
    [quote:4fd264be25]Bareword found where operator expected at reset.cgi line 12, near \"\"mysql -h localhost -e \"update\"
    (Missing operator before update?)
    syntax error at reset.cgi line 12, near \"\"mysql -h localhost -e \"update user \"
    String found where operator expected at reset.cgi line 12, near \"\'root\'\" mysql\"\"
    (Missing operator before \" mysql\"?)
    Execution of reset.cgi aborted due to compilation errors. [/quote:4fd264be25]
     
    #6 sbrad, Aug 14, 2001
  7. bdraco

    bdraco Guest

    /usr/local/cpanel/bin/updatephpmyadmin

    You are probably looking to run this script.
     
    #7 bdraco, Aug 14, 2001
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    [quote:8f970e772c].... I\'m doing it through WHM, and it says it changes it, but it doesn\'t. [/quote:8f970e772c]

    WHM doesn\'t seem to update the new MySql password in ~/.my.cnf. Try putting the password in manually in that file after you\'ve changed it in WHM.

    Nick, I know this isn\'t the bugs section, but you may like to have a look at this :)

    Regards.
     
    #8 moronhead, Aug 14, 2001
  9. bdraco

    bdraco Guest

    [quote:a5e6cfe454][quote:a5e6cfe454].... I\'m doing it through WHM, and it says it changes it, but it doesn\'t. [/quote:a5e6cfe454]

    WHM doesn\'t seem to update the new MySql password in ~/.my.cnf. Try putting the password in manually in that file after you\'ve changed it in WHM.

    Nick, I know this isn\'t the bugs section, but you may like to have a look at this :)

    Regards. [/quote:a5e6cfe454]


    Please post it in bugs so I can hope to keep track :)
     
    #9 bdraco, Aug 14, 2001
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    moronhead Well-Known Member

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    [quote:44910f6c72] Please post it in bugs so I can hope to keep track.[/quote:44910f6c72]
    Done.
     
    #10 moronhead, Aug 14, 2001
  11. sbrad

    sbrad Well-Known Member

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    Ok, here\'s what I did to fix it.
    Deleted the password in /root/.my.cnf and deleted it from config.inc.php in /usr/local/cpanel/base/3rdparty/phpMyAdmin

    Then I ran /usr/local/cpanel/bin/updatephpmyadmin and all of the problems disappeared. :D
    Thanks for all the help. Now I don\'t have 200 people screaming at me anymore.
     
    #11 sbrad, Aug 14, 2001
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    My Sql

    I looked in config.inc.php in /usr/local/cpanel/base/3rdparty/phpMyAdmin

    But I dont see a password set. I did delete it from the other suggestion and after I updated my php, it changed password set to no in Cpanel, what else do I need to do?
     
    #12 viisage, Sep 30, 2002
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