Set / Change / Reset the MySQL root password on Ubuntu Linux

Tested on

- Ubuntu Linux 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon and MySQL 5.0.45. (2007-10-21)

- Ubuntu Linux 6.06 Dapper Drake and MySQL 4.1.15.

Set / change / reset the MySQL root password on Ubuntu Linux. Enter the following lines in your terminal.

• 1. Stop the MySQL Server.

     1. sudo /etc/init.d/mysql stop

  2. Start the mysqld configuration.

• • 1. sudo mysqld --skip-grant-tables &

• 3. Login to MySQL as root.

• • 1. mysql -u root mysql

• 4. Replace YOURNEWPASSWORD with your new password!

• • 1. UPDATE user SET Password=PASSWORD('YOURNEWPASSWORD') WHERE User='root'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES; exit;

Note: This method is not regarded as the securest way of resetting the password. However it works.

References

MySQL 5.0 Reference Manual: How to Reset the Root Password