I have a CentOS 5.6 x86 installed. I have full access to mysql but it seems I have forgotten Linux root password. How I can access the root via MySQL? Is it even possible? Update: MySQL Version is 5.0.77
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I am not a MySQL expert but I don't believe that MySQL allows you to execute arbitrary (shell) commands. Furthermore MySQL would have to run as root which I hope it doesn't. So in order to achieve that you would probably need two exploits: One hacking MySQL itself and giving you shell access and another for becoming root: a local root exploit (privilege escalation). You probably don't want to do either of them. You can easily reset the password by booting the system with the kernel parameter But the whole story seems strange to me. Who does not have SSH access with keys instead of a password? |
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