====== MySQL reset root password ====== - Stop mysql service systemct stop mysqld - add this line to /etc/my.cnf skip-grant-tables - start mysql service systemct start mysqld - Log in like root (whitout password) mysql -u root - change root password mysql> use mysql; Reading table information for completion of table and column names You can turn off this feature to get a quicker startup with -A Database changed mysql> update user set authentication_string=password('Isr_1234') where user='root'; Query OK, 1 row affected, 1 warning (0.00 sec) Rows matched: 1 Changed: 1 Warnings: 1 mysql> flush privileges; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec) mysql> exit - comment line from /etc/mycnf - restart mysql service systemct; restart mysqld