How to reset the forgotten MySQL root password?

Question

I have been trying to reset the root password of MySQL.

I have used to two methods to reset. But I didnt get it.

Following steps are done, But it doesn\'t wo

Answer 1

Try stopping mysql service

/etc/init.d/mysqld stop

Run the safe executable skipping grants

mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables &

(the trailing ampersand gets you back to the command line)

Then connect as root without password

mysql -uroot

You'll be in the mysql prompt where you can update root's password.

EDIT: I just saw you're using windows. Ok, then your first method should almost work. Instead of "UPDATE mysql.user" the file should read

SET PASSWORD FOR 'root'@'localhost' = PASSWORD('vikash');

Then run

C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.6\bin>mysqld.exe --init-file=C:\Users\user-name\Desktop\mysql-init.txt

I'm curious about the executable though... all those blank spaces can probably get windows confused. Perhaps it would be easier to create your init file in the same folder as the executable so you just have to run

mysqld.exe --init-file=mysql-init.txt

There might be other executables in there. mysqld-nt, mysqld-safe, etc. If mysqld doesn't work, try the others too.