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Created July 13, 2011 06:33
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Reset Mysql root password
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reset_mysql_password.sh
Reset Mysql root password
$ sudo stop mysql
$ sudo start mysql
$ mysql -u root
mysql> SET PASSWORD FOR root@'localhost' = PASSWORD('a_real_pwd');
mysql> exit
bye
try : mysql -uroot -p
update mysql.user set Password = Password('yourpassword') where user = 'root';
Read this post
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MysqlPasswordReset
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