If you never set, forgot, or change your MySQL password, you're in luck. This article walks you through these steps, so you'll never be at a loss for that database root user password.

By mariadb 10 (10.0.38-0ubuntu0.16.04.1) this no longer works as expected. Password is set in the mysql.user database but (1) as root it pays no attention to the password, you can type anything or ...

Step 2. Stop MySQL . After the confirmation of the version, you need to restart your MySQL in safe mode.Before that, you need to stop MySQL, which is already running on your system.. To stop MySQL, ...

The another way to reset mysql root password is to use init_file system variable. Stop MySQL service: ... Add the following line in it: ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'P@ssw0rd123#@!'; ...

This user cannot be called “root” because, depending on how the MySQL server is configured, it may not be possible to add an account with remote access that is named “root.” To create a ...