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

remember versions 5.7.23 and up - the user table doesn't has column password instead authentication string so below works while resetting password for a user.

update user set authentication_string=password('root') where user='root';