Mysql password expired. Can't connect

Question

I just wiped my Mac and did a fresh install of El Capitan. I\'m struggling to connect to Mysql now. Having gone through a web server setup process, I\'ve created a simple PH

Answer 1

restart MySQL server with --skip-grant-tables option And then set a new root password

$ mysql -u root
mysql> USE mysql;
mysql> UPDATE user SET password=PASSWORD("NEWPASSWORD") WHERE User='root';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> quit

Now if you need, you can update mysql.user table(field password_expired='N') not to expire the password.