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

in 5.7 version. 'password' field has been deleted. 'authentication_string' replace it

use mysql;
update user set authentication_string=password('123456') where user='root';
flush privileges;