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

I also got the same problem in mac OS X 10.10.4(Yosemite).SET PASSWORD work for me.Alter password for mysql- mysql> SET PASSWORD = PASSWORD('your_password'); Query OK, 0 rows affected, 1 warning (0.01 sec)

set your Mysql environment path variable in .bash_profile and add the below line
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/mysql/bin, after that, run the following command :source .bash_profile