January 4, 2010

[SOLVED]Recover MySQL root Password


Step # 1 : Stop mysql service


# /etc/init.d/mysql stop
Output:



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 root
Output:



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> quit



Step # 5: Stop MySQL Server:


# /etc/init.d/mysql stop
Output:



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




Recover MySQL root Password.

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