Tuesday, January 09, 2007

Recover Root Password of MYSQL

Step # 1 : Stop mysql service
# /etc/init.d/mysql stop

Step # 2: Start to MySQL server w/o password:
# mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables &

Step # 3: Connect to mysql server using mysql client:
# mysql -u root

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> quit

Step # 5: Stop MySQL Server:
# /etc/init.d/mysql stop

Step # 6: Start MySQL server and test it
# /etc/init.d/mysql start
# mysql -u root -p

Enjoy ;-)

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Man, You are Awesome, It really worked for me....Thanks a lot Buddy...

Vijaikumar.S
Systems Team
SGT

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