Bug #15743 the configuration wizard shows error in security settings
Submitted: 14 Dec 2005 16:20 Modified: 15 Jan 2006 17:00
Reporter: Nithya vijayaraghavan Email Updates:
Status: No Feedback Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server Severity:S1 (Critical)
Version:mysql 5.0.16 OS:Windows (windows 2000 professional)
Assigned to: CPU Architecture:Any

[14 Dec 2005 16:20] Nithya vijayaraghavan 
Description:
I tried reinstalling my sql after removing it properly. but during reinstallation (the one which i removed was also the same version) it showed errors in security settings. shows unable to connect host. when i tried again using instance configuration wizard, it asked for my old password, though i gave it correctly . it shows errors. because of this, whenever i try to open command line client, it asks for password, and if give my new one or old one the window vanishes. I need to skip the line asking the password.

How to repeat:
I tried reinstalling my sql after removing it properly. but during reinstallation (the one which i removed was also the same version) it showed errors in security settings. shows unable to connect host. when i tried again using instance configuration wizard, it asked for my old password, though i gave it correctly . it shows errors. because of this, whenever i try to open command line client, it asks for password, and if give my new one or old one the window vanishes. I need to skip the line asking the password.
[15 Dec 2005 17:00] Valeriy Kravchuk 
Thank you for a problem report. If you simply reinstall software, but data files (in data subdirectory of your installation directory) remains, then it is an upgrade, and all your data, including tables in mysql database that contains users and permissions information, remains. Hence your old passwords are needed.

If it is not the desired results, can you, please, try to perform mysqldump for all your databases (not mysql database), then remove all files from the data subdirectory, then reinstall 5.0.16 and restore your databases. Check and inform about the results.
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