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To recover or reset MySQL root\u00a0password in Ubuntu, you should simply follow some steps.\u00a0This process may vary according to the operating system. Ubuntu offerts a possibility to restore the root password via dpkg, which is a native package management system.<\/p>\n

Recovering the database root access: reset MySQL root password in Ubuntu<\/h3>\n

First, we need to stop the MySQL server:<\/p>\n

sudo service mysql stop<\/pre>\n
Now we will run dpkg-reconfigure , to reset the mysql password:<\/p>\n
sudo dpkg-reconfigure mysql-server-5.5<\/pre>\n
It will prompt for the new password, just like in the new installation of MySQL<\/a>. You must type the new password in this screen.<\/p>\n
\"reset<\/p>\n
Now, restart the MySQL server<\/p>\n
sudo service mysql start<\/pre>\n
Now you will be\u00a0able to login using the new mysql<\/a> root password:<\/p>\n
mysql -u root -p<\/pre>\n
Change a MySQL user password<\/h3>\n
To change an user password, you must have the current MySQL root password. You should follow these steps we will explain. In these examples we will use localhost<\/strong> , for local users connecting from the same server. If the user is authorized to connect remotely, we would have to replace it with its IP address.<\/p>\n
SET PASSWORD FOR '[user-name]'@'localhost' = PASSWORD('[new-password]');<\/pre>\n
There is an alternative method. You can also change the password directly in the mysql users<\/a> table:<\/p>\n
use mysql;\r\nUPDATE mysql.user SET Password=PASSWORD('[new-password]') WHERE USER='[user-name]' AND Host='localhost';<\/pre>\n
The expected success output is:<\/p>\n
mysql> UPDATE mysql.user SET Password=PASSWORD('test123test') WHERE USER='user1' AND host='localhost';\r\nQuery OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)\r\nRows matched: 1 Changed: 0 Warnings: 0<\/pre>\n
Afterwards, you must flush privileges, so that the changes take effect:<\/p>\n
flush privileges;<\/pre>\n
Afterwards, you can exit mysql, and try to login with the new defined user password:<\/p>\n
mysql -u [user-name] -p<\/pre>\n
If you happen to use root from an external host or IP, you should \u00a0reset mysql root password manually. Just change [user-name] by root and specify the IP address authorized for the root user.<\/p>\n
This tutorial applies either for a cheap dedicated server with Ubuntu<\/a>, or for a vps hosting Ubuntu server<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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