# /etc/init.d/mysql stopOutput: Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld. Step # 2: Start to 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 mysql server using mysql client:
# mysql -u rootOutput: 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. mysql> 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> quitStep # 5: Stop MySQL Server:
# /etc/init.d/mysql stopOutput: 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 Step # 6: Start MySQL server and test it
# /etc/init.d/mysql start # mysql -u root -p