Change MySQL password for other users
To change a normal user password you need to type:
mysqladmin -u user-name -p old password newpass
Resetting forgotten root password
Step # 1 : Stop the MySQL service:
/etc/init.d/mysql stop
Output:
Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld.
Step # 2: Start the MySQL server w/o password:
mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables
Output:
[1] 5988 Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql mysqld_safe[6025]: started
Step # 3: Connect to the MySQL server using the MySQL client:
mysql -u root
Output:
Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection id is 1 to server version: 4.1.15-Debian_1-log Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.
Step # 4: Set a new MySQL root user password:
mysql -u root
mysq use mysql;
mysql update user set password=PASSWORD("NEW-ROOT-PASSWORD") where User='root';
mysql flush privileges;
mysql quit
Step # 5: Stop the MySQL server:
/etc/init.d/mysql stop
Output: Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld STOPPING server from pid file /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid mysqld_safe[6186]: ended [1]+ Done mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables
Start the MySQL server and test it:
/etc/init.d/mysql start mysql -u root -p