Post date: May 29, 2012 10:56:24 AM
Step 1 : Stop mysql service
/etc/init.d/mysql stop
Step 2: Start to MySQL server w/o password:
mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables &
Step 3: Connect to mysql server using mysql client:
mysql -u root
Step 4: Setup new MySQL root user password
mysql> use mysql;
mysql> update user set password=PASSWORD("NEW-ROOT-PASSWORD") where User='root';
mysql> flush privileges;
mysql> quit
Step 5: Stop MySQL Server:
/etc/init.d/mysql stop
Step 6: Start MySQL server and test it
/etc/init.d/mysql start
mysql -u root -p