{"id":5279,"date":"2020-08-12T17:31:05","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T12:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skynats.com\/?p=5279"},"modified":"2020-08-12T17:31:05","modified_gmt":"2020-08-12T12:01:05","slug":"how-to-reset-mysql-root-password-in-centos-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skynats.com\/blog\/how-to-reset-mysql-root-password-in-centos-7\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Reset MySQL root password in Centos 7"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysql.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MySQL<\/a> Is an open-source Relational Database Management System (RDMS). It uses tables, triggers, variables, views, etc. <a href=\"https:\/\/mariadb.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MariaDB<\/a> is a fork of MySQL. The database structures and indexes of MariaDB are same as the MySQL. This blog covers the steps to reset MySQL root password without any data loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skynats.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Skynats<\/a>, we had done so many mysql root password reset without any data losses under our <strong><span style=\"color:#ed6c0a\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skynats.com\/linux-server-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">server management<\/a><\/span> <\/strong>service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Reset root password in Safe Mode<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check MySQL or MariaDB version<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>mysql --version\nmysql  Ver 15.1 Distrib 10.3.22-MariaDB, for Linux (x86_64) using readline 5.1<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Stop MySQL\/MariaDB service<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>systemctl stop mariadb<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Then start MySQL\/MariaDB in safe mode without loading the privileges<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables --skip-networking &amp;\n\n200306 10:56:59 mysqld_safe Logging to '\/var\/lib\/mysql\/mysqltest.err'.\n200306 10:56:59 mysqld_safe Starting mysqld daemon with databases from \/var\/lib\/mysql\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Then connect MySQL\/MariaDB as root and run change password query\/command<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>mysql -u root -p\n\nMariaDB &#91;(none)]> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;\nMariaDB &#91;(none)]>  ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'NewPassword';\nMariaDB &#91;(none)]> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;\nMariaDB &#91;(none)]> exit<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Next kill\/stop the MySQL\/MariaDB instance process id<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>kill $(cat \/var\/lib\/mysql\/mysqltest.pid )<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Start MySQL\/MariaDB in normal mode<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>systemctl start mariadb<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, Login as mysql root user with new password<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>mysql -u root -p\n\nPassword:<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>You can able to login the MySQL\/MariaDB using new root password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote is-style-default\"><blockquote class=\"has-text-color has-vivid-red-color\"><p><strong>Prevent your website from Downtimes<\/strong><\/p><cite>Get our experts to manage your server with weekly auditing and 24\/7 monitoring<\/cite><div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skynats.com\/linux-server-management\/\" class=\"wp-block-button__link\" style=\"color: white;margin-top: 10px;\">GET STARTED NOW<\/a><\/div><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MySQL Is an open-source Relational Database Management System (RDMS). It uses tables, triggers, variables, views, etc. MariaDB is a fork of MySQL. The database structures and indexes of MariaDB are same as the MySQL. This blog covers the steps to reset MySQL root password without any data loss. 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