{"id":126,"date":"2017-10-08T04:04:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-08T04:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linuxadmin.melberi.com\/uncategorized\/how-to-reset-mysql-root-password-in"},"modified":"2017-10-08T08:17:48","modified_gmt":"2017-10-08T08:17:48","slug":"reset-mysql-root-password","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.melberi.com\/linuxadmin\/mysql\/reset-mysql-root-password","title":{"rendered":"How to reset mysql root password"},"content":{"rendered":"

Procedure to reset mysql root password in linux Cent OS Ubuntu Fedora Redhat Debian. Recover forger password in Command Line.<\/p>\n

Using the below simple steps, you can reset your mysql root password.<\/p>\n

Reset mysql root Password<\/span><\/h2>\n

1) Stop mysql server:<\/b><\/p>\n

#service mysqld stop<\/b><\/p>\n

2)Start mysql server in safe mode:<\/b>
\nNow you have to start the mysql in safe mode with the following option<\/p>\n

#mysqld_safe –user=mysql –skip-grant-tables –skip-networking &<\/b><\/p>\n

3)Login to mysql server without password:<\/b>
\nNow you have to login to mysql server without password Using mysql Root User<\/p>\n

#mysql -u root mysql<\/b>
\nReading table information for completion of table and column names<\/span>
\n You can turn off this feature to get a quicker startup with -A<\/span>
\n Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or g.<\/span><\/p>\n

Your MySQL connection id is 1<\/span>
\n Server version: 5.1.47 Source distribution<\/span>
\n Copyright (c) 2000, 2010, Oracle and\/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.<\/span>
\n This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software,<\/span>
\n and you are welcome to modify and redistribute it under the GPL v2 license<\/span>
\n Type ‘help;’ or ‘h’ for help. Type ‘c’ to clear the current input statement.<\/span>
\nmysql><\/strong><\/p>\n

4)Reset mysql root password:<\/b><\/p>\n

Run the below command without any mistake ( semicolon is a must )<\/p>\n

mysql> UPDATE user SET Password=PASSWORD(\u2018newrootpassword\u2019) WHERE User=\u2019root\u2019;
\nmysql> flush privileges;
\nmysql> exit<\/b><\/p>\n

5) Restart mysql server:<\/b><\/p>\n

#service mysqld restart<\/b><\/p>\n

6) Login to MySQL With the New Password:<\/b><\/p>\n

root@server ]# mysql -u root -p<\/b>
\nEnter password:
\nType ‘help;’ or ‘h’ for help. Type ‘c’ to clear the current input statement.<\/p>\n

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