How to change the MySQL root account password on CentOS7

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I have installed mySQL on a Centos7 vm but I have problems logging in with root  I tried logging in without password or tried any default ones  like mysql  admin etc  I looked in the my cnf file and there s no password  I tried changing the password by stopping the service and restarting it with mysqld safe --skip-grant-tables  amp  but I get that mysqld safe command not found I have no idea what else to do  Any tips ideas would be greatly appreciated

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Please stop all services MySQL with following command  etc init d mysqld stop After it use this  mysqld safe --skip-grant-tables  its may work properly

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I used the advice of Kevin Jones above with the following --skip-networking change for slightly better security   sudo systemctl set-environment MYSQLD OPTS  --skip-grant-tables --skip-networking    user machine     mysql -u root   Then when attempting to reset the password I received an error  but googling elsewhere suggested I could simply forge ahead   The following worked   mysql gt  select user    current user     -------- -----------------------------------    user     current user                         -------- -----------------------------------    root     skip-grants user skip-grants host    -------- -----------------------------------  1 row in set  0 00 sec   mysql gt  ALTER USER  root   localhost  IDENTIFIED BY  sup3rPw   ERROR 1290  HY000   The MySQL server is running with the --skip-grant-tables option so it cannot execute this statement mysql gt  FLUSH PRIVILEGES  Query OK  0 rows affected  0 02 sec   mysql gt  ALTER USER  root   localhost  IDENTIFIED BY  sup3rPw   Query OK  0 rows affected  0 08 sec   mysql gt  exit Bye  user machine     systemctl stop mysqld  user machine     sudo systemctl unset-environment MYSQLD OPTS  user machine     systemctl start mysqld   At that point I was able to log in

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All   Here a little bit twist with mysql-community-server 5 7 I share some steps  how to reset mysql5 7 root password or set password  it will work centos7 and RHEL7 as well   step1  1st stop your databases  service mysqld stop  step2  2nd modify  etc my cnf file add  skip-grant-tables    vi  etc my cnf    mysqld  skip-grant-tables  step3  3rd start mysql  service mysqld start  step4  select mysql default database  mysql -u root  mysql gt use mysql    step4  set a new password  mysql gt  update user set authentication string PASSWORD  yourpassword   where User  root     step5 restart mysql database  service mysqld restart   mysql -u root -p   enjoy

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What version of mySQL are you using  I  m using 5 7 10 and had the same problem with logging on as root  There is 2 issues - why can t I log in as root to start with  and why can I not use  mysqld safe  to start mySQL to reset the root password   I have no answer to setting up the root password during installation  but here s what you do to reset the root password  Edit the initial root password on install can be found by running   grep  temporary password   var log mysqld log   http   dev mysql com doc refman 5 7 en linux-installation-yum-repo html     systemd is now used to look after mySQL instead of mysqld safe  which is why you get the -bash  mysqld safe  command not found error - it s not installed  The user table structure has changed    So to reset the root password  you still start mySQL with --skip-grant-tables options and update the user table  but how you do it has changed   1  Stop mysql  systemctl stop mysqld  2  Set the mySQL environment option  systemctl set-environment MYSQLD OPTS  --skip-grant-tables   3  Start mysql usig the options you just set systemctl start mysqld  4  Login as root mysql -u root  5  Update the root user password with these mysql commands mysql gt  UPDATE mysql user SET authentication string   PASSWORD  MyNewPassword       - gt  WHERE User    root  AND Host    localhost   mysql gt  FLUSH PRIVILEGES  mysql gt  quit      Edit     As mentioned my shokulei in the comments  for 5 7 6 and later  you should use     mysql gt  ALTER USER  root   localhost  IDENTIFIED BY  MyNewPass   Or you ll get a warning  6  Stop mysql systemctl stop mysqld  7  Unset the mySQL envitroment option so it starts normally next time systemctl unset-environment MYSQLD OPTS  8  Start mysql normally  systemctl start mysqld  Try to login using your new password  7  mysql -u root -p     Reference  As it says at http   dev mysql com doc refman 5 7 en mysqld-safe html      Note       As of MySQL 5 7 6  for MySQL installation using an RPM   distribution  server startup and shutdown is managed by systemd on   several Linux platforms  On these platforms  mysqld safe is no longer   installed because it is unnecessary  For more information  see Section   2 5 10     Managing MySQL Server with systemd       Which takes you to http   dev mysql com doc refman 5 7 en server-management-using-systemd html where it mentions the systemctl set-environment MYSQLD OPTS  towards the bottom of the page   The password reset commands are at the bottom of http   dev mysql com doc refman 5 7 en resetting-permissions html

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Use the below Steps to reset the password     sudo systemctl start mysqld   Reset the MySql server root password    sudo grep  temporary password   var log mysqld log   Output Something like-    10 744785Z 1  Note  A temporary password is generated for root localhost  o 5y oJGALQa   Use the above password during reset mysql secure installation process    lt pre gt        sudo mysql secure installation  lt  pre gt     Securing the MySQL server deployment      Enter password for user root     You have successfully reset the root password of MySql Server  Use the below command to check the mysql server connecting or not     mysql -u root -p   http   gotechnies com install-latest-mysql-5-7-rhelcentos-7

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For CentOS 7 and MariaDB 10 4  I had success with the following commands   su - systemctl set-environment MYSQLD OPTS  --skip-grant-tables --user mysql  systemctl restart mariadb mysql -u root  flush privileges  ALTER USER  root   localhost  IDENTIFIED BY  MyNewPass   flush privileges  quit  systemctl unset-environment MYSQLD OPTS systemctl restart mariadb

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For me work like this  1  Stop mysql  systemctl stop mysqld   Set the mySQL environment option  systemctl set-environment MYSQLD OPTS  --skip-grant-tables  Start mysql usig the options you just set systemctl start mysqld Login as root mysql -u root After login I use FLUSH PRIVILEGES  tell the server to reload the grant tables so that account-management statements work  If i don t do that i receive this error trying to update the password   Can t find any matching row in the user table

[mysql] How to change the MySQL root account password on CentOS7?

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