Comments on: Reset the Root Password of MySQL Server

By: sweetPotato

sweetPotato — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 02:20:40 +0000

Password=PASSWORD(‘newpass’)
password function not exist

By: Navas

Navas — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 05:31:41 +0000

I HAVE GOT XAMPP FOR PHP5 AND MYSQL BUT WHEN I OPEN THE PHPMYADMIN ITS NOT SHOWING THE LOGIN PAGE

By: 網路打雜工 » FreeBSD 6.2 mysql error message

網路打雜工 » FreeBSD 6.2 mysql error message — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 08:29:18 +0000

[...] 參考資料: http://www.mydigitallife.info/2006/04/23/reset-the-root-password-of-mysql-server/ [...]

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:17:20 +0000

no se le entiende nada, estan malisimas las intrucciones, no son claras (tampoco soy tonto) que pena u_u

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 23:34:47 +0000

Completely wrong syntax, check the code before posting guy

By: Jose

Jose — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 02:47:21 +0000

phpmyadmin

By: Kamal BAKOUR

Kamal BAKOUR — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:18:39 +0000

Procdure to reset root password in MySQL [RedHat & Fedora]

======================================================
Step-1
[root@redhat~]#killall mysqld
[root@redhat~]#/usr/libexec/mysqld –skip-grant-tables –user=root &

======================================================
Step-2 (In MySQL)
[root@redhat~]#mysql
use mysql;
update user set password=password(“newpassowrd”) where user=”root”;
flush privileges;
exit;

======================================================
Step-3
[root@redhat~]#killall mysqld
[root@redhat~]#/etc/init.d/mysqld start

There you go

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:37:24 +0000

There is a typo on the mysqld startup script.

The correct command requires TWO dashes before the parameter setting.

The correct command is (note TWO dashes before skip-grant-tables):

mysqld_safe –skip-grant-tables

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:05:21 +0000

Dude,

Didn’t see these comments while reading the article, but I figured out the double-hyphen syntax by trial and error.
Anyway you saved my Life by putting this documentation on the Net !! A thousand thanks ! -Rob

By: Roar

Roar — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:39:59 +0000

Gah. “know” not “now”. I’m going for coffee now.

By: Roar

Roar — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:39:20 +0000

Ah and now that I’ve posted I see the problem. This site is disallowing double “-”. It’s being escaped or something.

Well dear reader, just now that “-init” should have TWO dashes (hyphens), not one.

By: Roar

Roar — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:38:10 +0000

This isn’t correct. The syntax should be “–init” not “-init”.

By: Mike Scalora

Mike Scalora — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 19:47:17 +0000

You should add –verbose –console to the command in step 5. I got a error because of a copy and paste issue that include a quote of the wrong type but there’s no error feedback without the –console. Also, the -console to stop the server with CTRL-C under windows, not sure about linux.

-Mike

By: Change and Reset MySQL root Password » My Digital Life

Change and Reset MySQL root Password » My Digital Life — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 10:12:28 +0000

[...] Other then the ways specified here to reset and change the root password for mySQL database in the case that the password is forgotten or lost, the following instructions explain in details the alternative way at the last part of the guide, where no additional file needs to be created: [...]