MacOSX homebrew mysql root password

Question

For some reason MySQL stopped giving access for root. Uninstalled and reinstalled with Homebrew. Fresh install, fresh tables but when I enter

mysql -u root -         


        

Answer 1

Use init file to start mysql to change the root password.

brew services stop mysql
pkill mysqld
echo "ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'newRootPass';" > /tmp/mysql-init
$(brew --prefix mysql)/bin/mysqld --init-file=/tmp/mysql-init

Your root password is now changed. Make sure to shutdown server properly to save password change. In new terminal window execute

mysqladmin -u root -p shutdown

and enter your new pass.

Start your service and remove the init file

brew services start mysql
rm /tmp/mysql-init

Tested on mysql version 8.0.19