How to change the mysql root password

Question

I have installed MySQL server 5 on redhat linux. I can\'t login as root so I can\'t change the root password.

mysql -u root -p  
Enter password:  

        

Answer 1

According to the docs, in MySQL 5.7 the temp password gets put in /var/log/mysqld, but this is evidently not the case in 5.6.

With MySQL version 5.6 installed on RHEL 6.7, I finally found the temporary root password set during install was placed in the file /root/.mysql_secret.