MySQL Tips: Password Change

1. Change the password

2. Forgot password

　　Option 1. Modify the configuration

1. Modify the database configuration file my.cnf and add skip-grant-tables　　　　　under [mysqld] , save and exit, and restart the mysql service: service mysqld restart

　　           2. Execute the  mysql  command to enter the mysql command line

　　　　　3. Modify the root password

MySQL >  UPDATE mysql. user  SET Password = PASSWORD( ' new password ' ) where  USER = ' root ' ;
MySQL> flush privileges; 
MySQL> exit

4. Comment out the skip-grant-tables　　　　　in my.cnf , and then restart mysql, namely: service mysqld restart