MySQL Error #1133 - Can't find any matching row in the user table

Question

Unable to set password for a user using 3.5.2.2 - phpMyAdmin for 5.5.27 - MySQL. When trying to set the password while logged onto ph

Answer 1

In my case I had just renamed the Mysql user which was going to change his password on a gui based db tool (DbVisualizer). The terminal in which I tried to 'SET PASSWORD' did not work(MySQL Error #1133).

However this answer worked for me, even after changing the password the 'SET PASSWORD' command did not work yet.

After closing the terminal and opening new one the command worked very well.