Setting Root Password
I am using MySQL 4.1 on Win XP.I forgot my root password and I am trying to reset it. I am using the SQLyog GUI to manipulate my DB.I have a guest password stored in SQLyog and can access all of my databases.But I can't use SQLyog to change the password b/c it uses the new password alogorithm which is hashed to 32 characters opposed to 16 in the old alogorithm.I was wondering a way to reset my root password. I only have minimal privileges on this account such as SELECT.
Just in case anyone missed it, I can't log into my MySQL command line client since I don't know my root password.I would normally use OLD_PASSWORD('password') from there.
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