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change root password mysql

#First Login with administrative account (Even root itself)

mysql> use mysql;
mysql> SET PASSWORD FOR 'root'@'localhost' = PASSWORD("NewPassword");
mysql> flush privileges;

#Now quit and login
mysql> quit

mysql -u root -p
#Click enter and It will prompt you to enter password
#Just to be safe you should also still try to log in without entering a password
Posted by: Guest on February-01-2021
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set password mysql

-- In case the UPDATE command returns "Column 'Password' is not updatable" run
ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'newPassword';
flush privileges;
Posted by: Guest on June-12-2020
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mysql set root password

use mysql;

update user set authentication_string=PASSWORD("mynewpassword") where User='root';

flush privileges;

quit
Posted by: Guest on March-10-2020

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