Ou comment pouvoir se connecter en root à mysql quand on ne connait pas le mot de passe :
Voici les différentes étapes à suivre :
! Attention toutes les commandes devront être excécuter en tant que root système
- Arrêt du service mysql
# /etc/init.d/mysql stop Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld.
- Lancer mysql sans mot de passe
# mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables & [1] 4388 Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql mysqld_safe[605]: started
- Connexion à mysql server à l’aide du client
# mysql -u root Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or g. Your MySQL connection id is 1 to server version: 5.0.13-Debian_1-log Type 'help;' or 'h' for help. Type 'c' to clear the buffer. mysql>
- Mise en place du nouveau mot de passe root
mysql> use mysql;
mysql> UPDATE user SET Password=PASSWORD('LE-MOT-DE-PASSE') WHERE user='root';
mysql> flush privileges;
mysql> quit;
- Restart de MySQL Server:
# /etc/init.d/mysql stop Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld STOPPING server from pid file /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid mysqld_safe[6186]: ended [1]+ Done mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables # /etc/init.d/mysql start # mysql -u root -p