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I am trying to reset my root password using following command:
SET PASSWORD FOR 'root'@'localhost' = PASSWORD('test');
and it gives me following error:
ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'PASSWORD('test')' at line 1
Please let me know what is it that I am doing wrong here.
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In the mysql client, tell the server to reload the grant tables so that account-management statements work: mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES; Then change the 'root'@'localhost' account password. Replace the password with the password that you want to use.
In order to recover the password, you simply have to follow these steps: Stop the MySQL server process with the command sudo service mysql stop. Start the MySQL server with the command sudo mysqld_safe –skip-grant-tables –skip-networking & Connect to the MySQL server as the root user with the command mysql -u root.
The default user for MySQL is root and by default it has no password. If you set a password for MySQL and you can't recall it, you can always reset it and choose another one.
Configuring a default root password for MySQL/MariaDB Use the following procedure to set a root password. To change the root password, type the following at the MySQL/MariaDB command prompt: ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'MyN3wP4ssw0rd'; flush privileges; exit; Store the new password in a secure location.
I know it is old but it can help.
I hade this error when i used PASSWORD() function:
SET PASSWORD FOR 'myuser@localhost' = PASSWORD('my_new_password');
ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'PASSWORD('basket8')' at line 1
Because in MySQL 5.7 and later it is not necessary to use the PASSWORD() function:
SET PASSWORD FOR 'myuser'@'localhost' = 'my_new_password';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec)
You do not need to quote the user name and it should be as
mysql> set password for root@'localhost' = password('test');
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> flush privileges ;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
The other way of re-setting the password is
Login to mysql as root and then update the mysql database User table
abhik@-N4010:~$ mysql -u root -p
Enter password:
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('test') where host='localhost' and User='root';
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
Rows matched: 1 Changed: 1 Warnings: 0
mysql> flush privileges ;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
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