Problem s nalogovanim do starsej mysql db

Tak som dnes dostal poziadavku spravit novu db na mojom fyzicky najstarsom servri. Bohuzial sa neviem nalogovat ako root a nefunguje ani moje zalozne konto.
Zaujimave je, ze sa neviem nalogovat ani po resete hesla. Cez safe mod sa mi db server nehlasi vobec, ze ma blby socket tvrdi.

ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (111)

Tak som chcel heslo resetnut podla manualu k mysql. Stopnem si db server,

bash-3.00# mysql
Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 1 to server version: 4.1.14

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.

mysql> UPDATE mysql.user SET Password=PASSWORD('noveheslo')
    -> WHERE User='root';
Query OK, 1 row affected, 1 warning (0.00 sec)
Rows matched: 1  Changed: 1  Warnings: 1

mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec)

mysql> exit
Bye
bash-3.00#

Vyzera to, ze vsetko prebehne ok, ale ked spustim server znovu tak som tam, kde predtym

bash-3.00# mysql -u root -p
Enter password:
ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES)

Jedna sa o starsiu distribuciu mysql, kompiloval som to asi 10 rokov dozadu a trosku ma matie aj tato chybova hlaska hned po spusteni.

bash-3.00# /usr/libexec/mysqld --basedir=/usr --datadir=/services/mysql --user=mysql --pid-file=/var/run/mysqld.pid --skip-locking --max_connections=512 130712 21:23:58 InnoDB: Started; log sequence number 1 1126953192
130712 21:23:58 [Warning] mysql.user table is not updated to new password format; Disabling new password usage until mysql_fix_privilege_tables is run
130712 21:23:58 [Warning] Can't open and lock time zone table: Table 'mysql.time_zone_leap_second' doesn't exist trying to live without them
/usr/libexec/mysqld: ready for connections.
Version: '4.1.14' socket: '/tmp/mysql.sock' port: 3306 Source distribution

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