Gene Heskett wrote:
The bottom line would appear to be, if you don't have any
databases to save,
then yum remove *mysql*, updatedb locate and nuke ANYTHING left behind, then
re-install. If you have a database to save, well, rotsa ruck. Hope you have
backups.
It's not quite that bad. You can reset by simply removing the contents
of /var/lib/mysql and starting the mysql service. If you have a
database to save, you can use --skip-grant-tables and resetting any
passwords that you require.