How do I find out my root MySQL password?

Question

I just installed MySQL on Ubuntu and the root user can\'t log in :)

How can I recover or find out my password? Using blank for password does not work.

Answer 1

For RHEL-mysql 5.5:

/etc/init.d/mysql stop

/etc/init.d/mysql start --skip-grant-tables

 mysql> UPDATE mysql.user SET Password=PASSWORD('newpwd') WHERE User='root';
 mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
 mysql> exit;

mysql -uroot -pnewpwd

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