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Operating Systems Solaris How to reset forgotten mysql root password? Post 302887608 by Neo on Sunday 9th of February 2014 10:51:42 AM
Old 02-09-2014
Did you do this? (from bartus11's link)

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C.5.4.1.3. Resetting the Root Password: Generic Instructions

The preceding sections provide password-resetting instructions for Windows and Unix systems. Alternatively, on any platform, you can set the new password using the mysql client (but this approach is less secure):

Stop mysqld and restart it with the --skip-grant-tables option. This enables anyone to connect without a password and with all privileges. Because this is insecure, you might want to use --skip-grant-tables in conjunction with --skip-networking to prevent remote clients from connecting.

Connect to the mysqld server with this command:

shell> mysql

Issue the following statements in the mysql client. Replace the password with the password that you want to use.

mysql> UPDATE mysql.user SET Password=PASSWORD('MyNewPass')
-> WHERE User='root';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES
;

The FLUSH statement tells the server to reload the grant tables into memory so that it notices the password change.
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mysqlaccess(1)							  MySQL database						    mysqlaccess(1)

NAME
mysqlaccess-Createnewuserstomysql. USAGE
mysqlaccess [host [user [db]]] OPTIONS SYNOPSIS
mysqlaccess [-?|--help] [-v|--version] [-p|--password=#] [-h|--host=#] [-d|--db=#] [-U|--superuser=#] [-P|--spassword=#] [-H|--rhost=#] [--old_server] [-b|--brief] [-t|--table] [--relnotes] [--plan] [--howto] [--debug=N] [--copy] [--preview] [--commit] [--rollback] DESCRIPTION
-?|--help display this helpscreen and exit -v|--version print information on the program `mysqlaccess' -u|--user=# username for logging in to the db -p|--password=# validate password for user -h|--host=# name or IP-number of the host -d|--db=# name of the database -U|--superuser=# connect as superuser -P|--spassword=# password for superuser -H|--rhost=# remote MySQL-server to connect to --old_server connect to old MySQL-server (before v3.21) which does not yet know how to handle full where clauses. -b|--brief single-line tabular report -t|--table report in table-format --relnotes print release-notes --plan print suggestions/ideas for future releases --howto some examples of how to run `mysqlaccess' --debug=N enter debuglevel N (0..3) --copy reload temporary grant-tables from original ones --preview show differences in privileges after making changes in (temporary) grant-tables --commit copy grant-rules from temporary tables to grant-tables (!don't forget to do an mysqladmin reload) --rollback undo the last changes to the grant-tables. NOTE
At least the user and the db must be given (even with wildcards) If no host is given, `localhost' is assumed Wildcards (*,?,%,_) are allowed for host, user and db, but be sure to escape them from your shell!! (i.e., type * or '*') SEE ALSO
isamchk(1), isamlog(1), mysql(1), mysqladmin(1), mysqld(1), mysqld_multi(1), mysqld_safe(1), mysqldump(1), mysql_fix_privilege_tables(1), mysqlshow(1), mysql_zap(1), perror(1), replace(1) For more information please refer to the MySQL reference manual, which may already be installed locally and which is also available online at http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/ BUGS
Please refer to http://bugs.mysql.com/ to report bugs. AUTHOR
Ver 1.0, distribution 4.0.24 Michael (Monty) Widenius (monty@mysql.com), MySQL AB (http://www.mysql.com/). This software comes with no warranty. Manual page by L. (Kill-9) Pedersen (kill-9@kill-9.dk), Mercurmedia Data Model Architect / system developer (http://www.mercur- media.com) ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +--------------------+------------------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +--------------------+------------------------------------+ |Availability | SUNWmysqlr, SUNWmysqlu, SUNWmysqlt | +--------------------+------------------------------------+ |Interface Stability | External | +--------------------+------------------------------------+ NOTES
Source for mysql is available on http://opensolaris.org. MySQL 4.0 19 December 2000 mysqlaccess(1)
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