Question

I think i did some nasty crap today…

I deleted the user (admin root) in phpmyadmin (XAMPP)
now I can’t create new users.

Any idea how to fix, or should I just try re-install the hole XAMPP packet :-/
I use Leopard iMac.

/Willy

Answer 1

There is a method for resetting permissions in the MySQL manual. It deals with resetting the root password rather than recreating the root account, however I think you should be able to modify the method to re-insert the root account without any trouble.

Following the steps listed there (either method), if you change step 3 to insert a new account (fields might vary, this worked for my particular install):

INSERT INTO user VALUES('localhost','root',PASSWORD('some_pass'),'Y','Y','Y','Y','Y','Y','Y','Y','Y','Y','Y','Y','Y','Y');
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

You should be able to take it from there and get the permissions back up to snuff.