Comments on: [HOWTO] Reset MySQL root password on Ubuntu when you’ve forgotten it

By: edl

edl — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:16:00 +0000

Excellent tutorial, very clear and concise! It’s got me back on track! Thanks a lot!

Jeewantha — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 11:25:00 +0000

Worked nice & smoothly, many thanks!!!

Rajib — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 04:18:00 +0000

retype ‘new_password’ and ‘root’ with proper quote …. copying and pasting wont work …. u need to edit that line so mysql can read it !!

Phiri — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 10:18:00 +0000

Very nice; you could also use the command below though.
dpkg-reconfigure mysql-server-5.1

Prompt will pop up requesting you to type in your new password.

Deepak Mittal — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 04:24:00 +0000

You’ve to type it in mysql client, not in terminal.

Jmcgoffin — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 22:44:00 +0000

bash: syntax error near unexpected token ` ( ‘

after entering the following line…
UPDATE mysql.user SET Password=PASSWORD(‘new_password’) WHERE User=’root’;

Todd Lewandowski — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 04:01:00 +0000

Thanks a lot!

Gcanaday — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 22:26:00 +0000

Beautiful. Exactly what I needed to know. I missed a step in there.

Manu — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 21:38:00 +0000

thanks a lot!