I’m sure that we have all done it. Yep, that’s right you’ve forgotten the MySQL root password. Fear not my fellow conrade, with a few simple simple commands you will be back in control.
Stop MySQL
First of all stop MySQL.
/etc/init.d/mysqld stop
Connect to MySQL
Next instruct MySQL to ignore the GRANT Tables. Then start MySQL.
mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables
mysql --user=root mysql
Reset Password
Next reset your password.
update user set Password=PASSWORD('new-password') where user='root';
flush privileges;
exit;Start MySQL
Finally restart MySQL.
/etc/init.d/mysqld start
Rick Donato is a Network Automation Architect/Evangelist and the founder of Packet Coders.
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