how do we know the root password of mysql code example
Example 1: mysql set root password
use mysql;
update user set authentication_string=PASSWORD("mynewpassword") where User='root';
flush privileges;
quit
Example 2: change mysql root password
$ sudo cat /etc/mysql/debian.cnf
Note the lines which read:
user = debian-sys-maint
password = blahblahblah
Then:
$ mysql -u debian-sys-maint -p
Enter password:
mysql> USE mysql
mysql> SELECT User, Host, plugin FROM mysql.user;
+
| User | Host | plugin |
+
| root | localhost | auth_socket |
| mysql.session | localhost | mysql_native_password |
| mysql.sys | localhost | mysql_native_password |
| debian-sys-maint | localhost | mysql_native_password |
+
4 rows in set (0.00 sec)
mysql> UPDATE user SET plugin='mysql_native_password' WHERE User='root';
mysql> COMMIT;
Either:
mysql> ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'new_password';
Or:
UPDATE mysql.user SET authentication_string=PASSWORD('new_password') where user='root';
Then:
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> COMMIT;
mysql> EXIT
$ sudo service mysql restart
$ mysql -u root -p
Enter password: