In this post we will learn how to recover MySQL root password in the event you have forgotten it. Let’s see how to recover MySQL root password in few steps
Log in to your account using SSH.
To recover MySQL root password. You must login to your account using SSH as the root user. If you don’t know how to connect with ssh click here to read more about how to connect with SSH
Stop the MySQL server
For CentOS and Fedora, type:
service mysqld stop
For Debian and Ubuntu, type
service mysql stop
Restart the MySQL server with the —skip-grant-tables option. To do this, type the following command:
mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables &
- Make sure you type the ampersand (&) at the end of the command. This runs the command in the background and allows you to type the commands in the following steps.
- Running MySQL with the —skip-grant-tables option enabled is highly insecure, and should only be done for a brief period while you reset the password. The steps below show you how to stop the mysqld_safe server instance safely and start the MySQL server securely after you have reset the root password.
Log into MySQL using the following command
mysql
At the mysql> prompt, reset the password. To do this, type the following command, replacing NEW-PASSWORD with the new root password
UPDATE mysql.user SET Password=PASSWORD('NEW-PASSWORD') WHERE User='root';
At the mysql> prompt, type the following commands:
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;
Stop the MySQL server using the following command. You will be prompted to enter the new MySQL root password before the MySQL server shuts down:
mysqladmin -u root -p shutdown
Start the MySQL server normally. To do this, type the appropriate command for your Linux distribution:
For Debian and Ubuntu, type:
service mysql start
For CentOS and Fedora, type
service mysqld start
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