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mysql root password recovery doesn't work

Asked by scorpius78 in MySQL Server, Debian Linux, Disaster Recovery

Tags: mysql, linux, password, recovery, access denied

I'm using Debian (Lenny 5.0) and I've just installed mysql and php5 using apt-get. During installation I was prompted to enter a root password, which I did.

Trying to start mysql with the command

mysql

or

mysql -u root -p

and entering the correct password, I get the error message:
ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES)
(The only difference is the it says using password: NO in the first case).

I've looked at possible solutions and most of them point to http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/recover-mysql-root-password.html or http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/resetting-permissions.html#resetting-permissions-unix. I have a hunch though that my problem is not password related at all since I'm very sure of the password I gave during the installation.

Still, I've followed the steps and I get the expected output, except when I run 'mysql -u root -p' after starting up the server again (step 6 in the first URL). It gives me the same error message I right from the start,  ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES).

What can I possibly do? I've also tried to start mysql with non-existent usernames and/or passwords, but the error message remains (only the username before the @ changes). In addition, I've tried all this logged in at the console instead of using ssh to Debian, but there is no difference.

When I did step 3 (first URL) and issued the use mysql; command I took a look at a table called user (using select user from user;) where the only existing user was debian-sys-maint. Shouldn't there be a root user or is it somehow buildt-in?

Please answer with non-Linux-guru answers. I'm only human. =)
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