MySQL root Password Reset Error: Mysqladmin:connect to server at ' localhost ' failed solution

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Second, forget the login password of local root
Resolution process:
1. Edit/mysql/my.ini
Add a row in the [mysqld] configuration section
Skip-grant-tables

2. Restart MySQL after saving
[Email protected] etc]# service mysqld restart
Shutting down MySQL. [OK]
Starting MySQL. [OK]

3. Log in to the database to reset the root password
[[email protected] ~]# mysql-u root-p MySQL
Enter Password:
Direct Carriage Enter

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mysql> show databases;
+--------------------+
| Database |
+--------------------+
| Information_schema |
| MySQL |
| Test |
+--------------------+
3 Rows in Set (0.00 sec)

Execute the following statement

Mysql>use MySQL;
mysql> Update user set Password=password ("MySQL") where user= ' root ';
Query OK, 4 rows Affected (0.00 sec)
Rows Matched:4 Changed:4 warnings:0

mysql> flush Privileges;
Query OK, 0 rows Affected (0.00 sec)

4, delete the "skip-grant-tables" line added in the/etc/my.cnf file, restart MySQL;
With the new password will be able to log in normally;

MySQL root Password Reset Error: Mysqladmin:connect to server at ' localhost ' failed solution