Este sencillo tip nos permitira cambiar la contrasena de root para el demonio mysql, el procedimiento es como se lista a continuacion:
1.- Detenemos mysql
/etc/init.d/mysqld stop
Un killall tambien nos sirve:
killall mysqld
2.- Ejecutamos :
/usr/libexec/mysqld --skip-grant-tables --user=root &
3.- Ingresamos con el cliente mysql a la base de datos mysql:
mysql mysql
Reading table information for completion of table and column names
You can turn off this feature to get a quicker startup with -A
Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 1 to server version: 4.1.20
Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.
mysql> UPDATE mysql.user SET Password=PASSWORD('aquivalaclavenueva')
-> WHERE User='root';
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
Rows matched: 1 Changed: 1 Warnings: 0
mysql> flush privileges;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> exit
Bye
[root@sip share]# killall mysqld
4.- Finalmente reiniciamos el servicio:
/etc/init.d/mysqld start
Eso es todo.. ahora a probar si funciona :)
mysql -u root -paquivalaclavenueva
Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 5 to server version: 4.1.20
Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.
mysql>
