Re: [LI] MySQL root password recovery.

[Uday Kumar Khatua <udayk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

in case anyone else faces the same problem here is what to do.

shell>killall -v mysqld
shell>mysqld --skip-grant &
shell>mysql

mysql>use mysql;
mysql> update user set password=('....') where user = root;

then restart the mysql server.

Uday Kumar Khatua wrote:

> Hi all.
> I have forgotten my MySQL root password. Could someone guide me to
> recover it?? singleuser does not help.
> regards
> Uk
>
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