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Gaurav Manchanda
Gaurav Manchanda

Reputation: 544

Does reconfiguring mysql delete all the previous databases?

I am running Ubuntu 10.04.02 and running MySQL 5.1 on it.

Due to some problems i had in restarting the mysql server, the mysql.sock file was deleted.

I looked up this issue and found a link which said that i could reconfigure my MySQL installation, reset the passwords and everything will be good as new.

The thing i'm worried about is, will reconfiguring MySQL delete all the databases i had before.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1069

Answers (2)

James
James

Reputation: 5169

I re-configured my database before and never lost anything.

Saying that, I wasn't particularly worried about it since I took backups of everything beforehand.

Upvotes: 2

Ondřej Holman
Ondřej Holman

Reputation: 148

I have been reconfiguring database for many times during one day and nothing has gone. You can make backup of database before reconfiguring it.

Upvotes: 1

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