Restoring MySQL

I have a mysql.sql dump file taken from /var/lib/mysql (on a RedHat 9 server with MySQL 4.x).

Peeking in the mysql.sql file confirms it contains all the info on usernames and passwords.

What I want to know is if I restore this dump file using:

mysql -uUSERNAME -pPASSWORD mysql < /path/to/mysql.sql

will this recreate the usernames and passwords etc without damaging anything? Then I can go ahead and restore individual databases using the same idea on the individual sql dump files?

Just don't want to mess anything up...

 

 

 

 

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