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    <p>I appreciate everyone's feedback, I finally got it for the most part. To combat the issue of </p> <pre><code>/etc/init.d/mysql start Starting MySQL database server: mysqld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . failed! </code></pre> <p>I did:</p> <pre><code>ps aux | grep mysql </code></pre> <p>Which gave me:</p> <pre><code>root 15265 0.0 0.1 3896 1284 pts/10 S 12:41 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/mysqld_safe mysql 15302 1.6 2.8 132532 29600 pts/10 Sl 12:41 0:00 /usr/sbin/mysqld --basedir=/usr --datadir=/var/lib/mysql --user=mysql --pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid --skip-external-locking --port=3306 --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock root 15303 0.0 0.0 3008 608 pts/10 S 12:41 0:00 logger -p daemon.err -t mysqld_safe -i -t mysqld root 16160 0.0 0.0 3120 708 pts/10 R+ 12:42 0:00 grep mysql </code></pre> <p>then I did:</p> <pre><code>kill -9 15265 kill -9 15302 </code></pre> <p>After that I was able to start up MySQL with:</p> <pre><code>/etc/init.d/mysql start </code></pre> <p>From there I found this article: <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MysqlPasswordReset" rel="nofollow">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MysqlPasswordReset</a> and the magic for me there was:</p> <pre><code>/usr/sbin/mysqld --skip-grant-tables --skip-networking &amp; </code></pre> <p>I was able to follow the thread and also did:</p> <pre><code>GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO root@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'yournewrootpassword' WITH GRANT OPTION; </code></pre> <p>The only thing that's a bit strange is that the root still does not have the right to create databases from phpMyAdmin amongst other privileges that the root needs. However, I am able to create databases from the command line and for now I can live with that! </p> <p>Thanks again everyone for your time and all the help!</p>
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