MySQL and the lost root password – finally
Eventually the truth appeared in the guise of config files in Moveable Type and phpMyAdmin that contained out of date passwords. Which means that the previous entry: MySQL and the lost root password – part two was a little misleading. Flushing passwords and running MySQL in ’safe mode’, skipping grant tables, simply avoids the issue of passwords, and security . Running something as root is wrong, misconfiguring an application can leave holes too.