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mySQL password root password reset :

Log on to your system as the Unix user that the mysqld server runs as or as root / administrator


Locate the .pid file that contains the server's process ID. The exact location and name of this file depend on your distribution, host name, and configuration. Common locations are /var/lib/mysql/, /var/run/mysqld/, and/usr/local/mysql/data/. Generally, the file name has an extension of .pid and begins with either mysqld or your system's host name. in freebsd it is usually located at /var/db/mysql/servername.pid . 


You can also obtain the mysql process id (pid) by using the following command - ps - aux | grep mysql


Issue command :


shell > kill `cat /var/db/mysql/servername.pid`  or

shell # kill mysql-pid

Create a text file containing the following statements. Replace the password with the password that you want to use.

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

Write the UPDATE and FLUSH statements each on a single line. The UPDATE statement resets the password for all root accounts, and the FLUSH statement tells the server to reload the grant tables into memory so that it notices the password change.

Save the file. For this example, the file will be named /home/me/myinit. The file contains the password, so it should not be saved where it can be read by other users. If you are not logged in as mysql (the user the server runs as), make sure that the file has permissions that permit mysql to read it.

Start the MySQL server with the special --init-file option:

shell> mysqld_safe --init-file=/home/me/myinit &

The server executes the contents of the file named by the --init-file option at startup, changing each root account password.

alternatively :

You can start mysql

shell > mysqld_Safe --without-grant-tables &

login to mysql
shell > mysql
mysql > password