Reset MySQL root password using ALTER USER statement after install on Mac

Question

I\'m new to the whole Mac experience. I recently installed MySQL and it seems I have to reset the password after install. It won\'t let me do anything else.

Now I al

Answer 1

On MySQL 5.7.x you need to switch to native password to be able to change it, like:

ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'test';