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Reset MySQL password

Here’s how to reset the forgotten root password for mysql,

$ sudo su
$ /etc/init.d/mysql stop
$ mysqld --skip-grant-tables
$ mysql -u root mysql
mysql>UPDATE user SET Password=PASSWORD('newpwd') WHERE User='root';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql>quit
$ /etc/init.d/mysql start

This entry was posted on Thursday, August 26th, 2004 at 11:20 am and is filed under Application. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

2 Responses to “Reset MySQL password”

  1. Andrew Thornton Says:
    October 14th, 2004 at 1:22 pm

    Thank you so much. I was getting tired of trying to divine the correct way to get this thing working.

  2. DaeO Says:
    October 29th, 2004 at 11:03 am

    Thanks…

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