Change on Details... https://www.deepreflect.net/tags/change/ Recent content in Change on Details... Hugo en-US Copyright © 2003 - 2026 Leonardo Rizzi Tue, 30 Jun 2026 03:28:29 +0200 MySQL Change Password https://www.deepreflect.net/2009/03/22/mysql-change-password/ Sun, 22 Mar 2009 23:44:10 +0000 http://blog.deepreflect.net/?p=411 <p>If you have never set a root password for mysql, the server does not require a password at all for connecting as root. To setup root password for first time, use mysqladmin command at shell prompt as follows:</p> <p><code># mysqladmin -u root password NEWPASSWORD</code></p> <p>However, if you want to change (or update) a root password, then you need to use following command</p> <p><code># mysqladmin -u root -p oldpassword newpass</code></p> <p>Enter password: Change MySQL password for other user To change a normal user password you need to type (let us assume you would like to change password for leo):</p> If you have never set a root password for mysql, the server does not require a password at all for connecting as root. To setup root password for first time, use mysqladmin command at shell prompt as follows:

# mysqladmin -u root password NEWPASSWORD

However, if you want to change (or update) a root password, then you need to use following command

# mysqladmin -u root -p oldpassword newpass

Enter password: Change MySQL password for other user To change a normal user password you need to type (let us assume you would like to change password for leo):

# mysqladmin -u leo -p oldpassword newpass

Changing mysql root user password using mysql sql command This is another method. mysql stores username and passwords in user table inside mysql database. You can directly update password using the following method to update or change password for user leo:

  1. Login to mysql server, type following command at shell prompt:

# mysql -u root -p

  1. Use mysql database (type command at mysqlprompt):

mysqluse mysql;

  1. Change password for user leo:

mysqlupdate user set password=PASSWORD("NEWPASSWORD") where User='leo';

  1. Reload privileges:
mysqlflush privileges;
mysqlquit
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