Monthly Archives: October 2020

How to reset root user password in MySQL 5.7+

Was too busy and haven’t written anything for quite a while! Anyway, here is how to reset the root user password in MySQL 5.7 and later in a nutshell! service mysql stop mkdir -p /var/run/mysqld chown mysql:mysql /var/run/mysqld mysqld_safe –skip-grant-tables … Continue reading

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