Tag Archives: mysql

Top for MySQL with mytop

I see Samuel Huck­ins just had a post about apa­chetop http://dancingpenguinsoflight.com/2008/12/top-for-apache-activity/ which I have been mean­ing to men­tion for a while, but being that there is a fresh post about it I will men­tion Mytop instead. Mytop is top for mysql. It can be used for mon­i­tor­ing the threads and over­all per­for­mance of a MySQL. Its

Reset mysql root password

Have you ever for­got­ten the root pass­word on one of your MySQL servers? No? Well maybe I’m not as per­fect as you. This is a quick h00tow (how to) reset your MySQL root pass­word. It does require root access on your server. If you have for­got­ten that pass­word wait for another article.