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I was trying to move the MySQL tables so them were in another folder, so I messed out the plugins table or something like that and I ended up reinstalling the whole thing.
I did sudo aptitude purge mysql-server then I removed the MySQL data rm -rf /var/lib/mysql/mysql and also I removed the data from the other directory I was trying to move the tables.
After reinstallation I supposed I would be able to login using mysql -u root but it said the user was wrong. I tried with the old password and the same thing. Then I searched for a way to reset the root password.
So I did mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables then I logged in mysql -u root succefully adn then I tried UPDATE user SET Password=PASSWORD('new-password') where User='root'; with no luck, 0 rows affected. Then I did SELECT * FROM User and all I got was debian-sys-maint, nothing more, no root or any other user.
Any little help will be appreciated =/
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Just create the users you need. There may no root@localhost per default.
You could always connect via mysql --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf
Create your new root user with:
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'YOUR NEW PASSWORD' WITH GRANT OPTION
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