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

This worked for me:

ALTER USER USER() IDENTIFIED BY 'auth_string';

I found it here: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/alter-user.html#alter-user-current