sudo /etc/init.d/mysql stop
sudo /etc/init.d/mysqld stop
sudo mysqld_safe –skip-grant-tables &
mysql -uroot
use mysql; update user set password=PASSWORD(“mynewpassword”) where User=’root’;
flush privileges;
quit
sudo /etc/init.d/mysqld stop …
sudo /etc/init.d/mysqdl start
mysql -u root -p