Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: Yes) after password reset LINUX

Question

I have a MySQL installed on my linux server, I forgot it\'s password so I went and changed it using the methods I found on the web. What I did was as follows:

Answer 1

On mac os, please follow below steps:

Stop MySQL

$ sudo /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server stop Start it in safe mode:

$ sudo mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables (above line is the whole command)

This will be an ongoing command until the process is finished so open another shell/terminal window, log in without a password:

$ mysql -u root

mysql> UPDATE mysql.user SET Password=PASSWORD('password') WHERE User='root'; Start MySQL

sudo /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server start your new password is 'password'.

Answer 2

Maybe the current user is not root，try sudo mysql -uroot -p ,I successed just now.

Answer 3

I meet the same problem, @progrAmmar enlightened me, "took a closer look at the user table in mysql database".

My problem is not ssl_type, instead of the first field：Host. I changed the value by using

update user set Host='localhost' where User='root' and Host='%';

in mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables model.

Then it works well.

Answer 4

I had the same problem. You have to write mysql -u root -p

NOT mysql or mysql -u root -p root_password