How to Change MySQL User Password

How to Reset or Change MySQL Root Password on Linux or Windows

1. Step 1: Log in as the MySQL User.
2. Step 2: Find the .pid File for the MySQL Service.
3. Step 3: Kill the MySQLD Process.
4. Step 4: Create the Password File.
5. Step 5: Restart the MySQL Server and Apply the New Password.
6. Step 6: Cleaning Up.

1. How do I change my database username and password?
2. How do I change my database password?
3. How do I find MySQL username and password?
4. What is the password of MySQL root user?

How do I change my database username and password?

Changing Database Administrator's Password (Windows)

1. Go to Tools & Settings > Database Servers.
2. Click the host name of a database server.
3. Click Change Password.
4. Enter the new password and click OK.

How do I change my database password?

Method 1: Using SQL*Plus (command line tool)

1. At the command line, enter sqlplus user@database, where user is your user ID, and database is the specific database you are connecting to.
2. Enter your current password.
3. Once you have connected to the database, use the password command to change your database password.

How do I find MySQL username and password?

How to retrieve MySQL root password

1. Log in as root into your server through SSH (eg: puTTY/terminal/bash). Alternatively, run the commands that follow as su or sudo as root user. ...
2. Navigate to /etc/mysql /cd /etc/mysql.
3. View the file my. cnf either using the command cat or use any text editing software (vi/vim/nano).

What is the password of MySQL root user?

In MySQL, by default, the username is root and there's no password. If during the installation process, you accidentally put a password in and don't remember, here is how to reset the password: Stop the MySQL server if it is running, then restart it with the –skip-grant-tables option.