mysql: reinit the password

Posted 2020-10-19 IWS

You can reinit the password : 1.stop mysql /etc/init.d/mysql stop 2.start mysql safe : mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables & 3.connect to mysql mysql -u root 4.change the password mysql> use mysql; mysql> update user set password=PASSWORD(”YOUR_PASSWORD”) where user=’root’; mysql> flush privileges; mysql> quit 5.stop mysql /etc/init.d/mysql stop 6.start mysql /etc/init.d/mysql start Then you can connect to mysql with login root and the new password. shareimprove this answer answered Aug 23 ‘16 at 12:11 Seb3W 1464

Trying to use mysqld_safe resulted in SOCKET file errors. I was able to fix these by manually making the directory and then giving it to the mysql user. See this answer. (Mint 18, mysql 5.7) – Deleet Sep 20 ‘17 at 10:33