Linux/centos resetting the MySQL root user password

Sometimes you may forget the root password of MySQL, and the following will teach you to reset the MySQL root user password

Manually Modify

1. Stop MySQL Service

Execution:/etc/init.d/mysql stop, your machine is not necessarily/etc/init.d/mysql or/etc/init.d/mysqld.

Anyway, stop the database, kill the process number can also Ps–ef | grep MySQL and then kill-9 the MySQL process number

2. Skip verification to start MySQL

/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld_safe--skip-grant-tables >/dev/null 2>&1 &

Note: If the location of the Mysqld_safe is not the same as above need to be modified to your, if not clear can be found with the Find command.

Find/-name Mysqld_safe

3. Reset Password

Then execute: mysql-u root MySQL

When the MySQL prompt appears, enter: Update user Set password = password (' Password to set ') where user = ' root ';

Enter after execution: flush privileges; Refreshes the MySQL system permissions related tables. Re-execution: exit; Exit.

4. Restart MySQL

Kill MySQL Process: Killall mysqld

Start Mysql:/etc/init.d/mysql Start

So that the MySQL password is reset.

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Linux/centos resetting the MySQL root user password