На днях поставил mysql, но забыл пароль root.

Сменил следующим образом:

[-hide-] # /usr/local/etc/rc.d/mysql-server stop
Stopping mysql.
Waiting for PIDS: 73146.
monitor# mysqld_safe –skip-grant-tables &
[1] 24137
monitor# 110702 09:48:20 mysqld_safe Logging to ‘/var/db/mysql/monitor.local.uzh.err’.
110702 09:48:20 mysqld_safe Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/db/mysql
mysql -u root
Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 1
Server version: 5.5.13 Source distribution

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Type ‘help;’ or ‘\h’ for help. Type ‘\c’ to clear the current input statement.

mysql> use mysql;
Reading table information for completion of table and column names
You can turn off this feature to get a quicker startup with -A

Database changed
mysql> update user set password=PASSWORD(‘root_mysql’) where user=’root’ and host=’localhost’;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.23 sec)
Rows matched: 1 Changed: 1 Warnings: 0

mysql> flush privileges;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.05 sec)

mysql> quit
Bye

Маленькая такая заметка.[-hide-]