I am having issues with the columns_priv table in the mysql system database. I cannot add new users currently.
I have tried repairing it using mysqlcheck --auto-repair --all-databases --password but I get the following output:
mysql.columns_priv
Error : Incorrect file format 'columns_priv'
error : Corrupt
Is there any other way to repair this table, or how do I go about replacing it with a blank table? What would I lose by doing that?
Thank you
Edit (Additional Info)
mysqld is currently using 100% cpu constantly.
Looking at show processlist, I get:
mysql> show processlist;
+-----+------------------+-----------+-------+---------+------+-------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Id | User | Host | db | Command | Time | State | Info |
+-----+------------------+-----------+-------+---------+------+-------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 5 | debian-sys-maint | localhost | mysql | Query | 1589 | Opening tables | ALTER TABLE tables_priv
MODIFY Column_priv set('Select','Insert','Update','References')
COLL | |
| 752 | root | localhost | NULL | Query | 0 | NULL | show processlist |
+-----+------------------+-----------+-------+---------+------+-------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)
