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== Restart the MySQL server with --skip-grant-tables ==
Run the following command as root:
[root@f14host ~]# /usr/bin/mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables 120410 01:36:35 mysqld_safe Logging to '/var/log/mysqld.log'. 120410 01:36:35 mysqld_safe Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql == Reset MySQL server root password ==Open another terminal windows and run the following commands to reset the MySQL server's root password: [root@f14host ~]# mysql --user=root mysql Reading table information for completion of table and column names You can turn off this feature to get a quicker startup with -A Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection id is 2 Server version: 5.1.55 Source distribution Copyright (c) 2000, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are welcome to modify and redistribute it under the GPL v2 license Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement. mysql> update user set Password=PASSWORD('newpassword') where user='root'; Query OK, 3 rows affected (0.01 sec) Rows matched: 3 Changed: 3 Warnings: 0 mysql> flush privileges; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec) mysql> exit; == Kill the mysqld_safe process ==* Use the command "ps -ef | grep mysqld_safe" to locate the process ID.* Use the command "kill process-id" to kill the mysqld_safe process
== Restart MySQL server normally ==
* Run the following command:
# service mysqld restartstart
