[mythtv-users] Need help with new MythBuntu install

[Douglas Mackay]

On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 2:04 AM, Johnny <jarpublic at gmail.com> wrote:

> > HOWEVER!  I can't get into mysql as described in
> > http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-23.html#ss23.5 because mysql
> > apparently wants to know what root's mysql password is and I can't
> > find anything to tell me what it is.  I found a MythBuntu help page
> > here (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MysqlPasswordReset) about
> > resetting the password, but that failed, saying I had the
> > --skip-grant-tables option on so it wouldn't allow the command to set
> > root's password.
>
> The root password is blank by default, so unless you set it something
> it should still be that way. Mythbuntu creates a random mysql password
> for the mythtv user, but not for root. Try 'mysql -u root' and see if
> that works.
>
>
I think in the latest Mythbuntu the mysql root password gets set to the same
password as your user account.
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