[Guide]How To Recover MySQL root Password

[i˚Ozõ]

You can recover MySQL database server password with following five easy steps.

 

Step # 1: Stop the MySQL server process.

 

Step # 2: Start the MySQL (mysqld) server/daemon process with the --skip-grant-tables option so that it will not prompt for password.

 

Step # 3: Connect to mysql server as the root user.

 

Step # 4: Setup new mysql root account password.

 

Step # 5: Exit and restart the MySQL server.

 

Here are commands you need to type for each step (login as the root user):

 

Step # 1 : Stop mysql service

# /etc/init.d/mysql stop

 

Output:

Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld.

 

Step # 2: Start to MySQL server w/o password:

# mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables &

 

Output:

[1] 5988
Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql
mysqld_safe[6025]: started

 

Step # 3: Connect to mysql server using mysql client:

# mysql -u root

 

 

Output:

Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 1 to server version: 4.1.15-Debian_1-log
Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.

 

Step # 4: Setup new MySQL root user password

mysql> use mysql;
mysql> update user set password=PASSWORD("NEW-ROOT-PASSWORD") where User='root';
mysql> flush privileges;
mysql> quit

 

Step # 5: Stop MySQL Server:

# /etc/init.d/mysql stop

 

Output:

Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld
STOPPING server from pid file /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
mysqld_safe[6186]: ended

[1]+  Done                    mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables

 

Step # 6: Start MySQL server and test it

# /etc/init.d/mysql start
# mysql -u root -p

 

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[Onix]

yeah usefull guide for beginners who start create servers and who need recover mysql password.

 

anyway thanks for this guide !

[i˚Ozõ]

yeah usefull guide for beginners who start create servers and who need recover mysql password.

 

anyway thanks for this guide !

np i hope it helps you too

[Street]

Wery nice guide, i need it, thanks!

[Hexadijus]

Ohhh, I was searching it. Thank you very much, dude. :)

[ExCaLiBuR®]

thanks for the guide man

[pinox123]

very usefull!

gracias

[papagei]

thank you for this, but it's for unix/linux, I know is also the better way to start l2 server, but I settled up on win7 so someone of you might give it a try to write a guide for windows 7 (comfortable explained  :)), it would be much appreciated as already requested in this topic:

 

http://maxcheaters.com/forum/index.php?topic=219082.0

[bobzih]

Thanks man, I could not uninstall and reinstall

[xator]

Very nice guide!!