MySQL password issues (mac OS X Lion) [closed]

Answer 1

To set your root password after installing:

1. Ensure MySQL is not running, stop it if you ran it.
2. On a Terminal do sudo mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables to run MySQL bypassing the authentication.
3. Inside mysql do FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
4. Then reset by SET PASSWORD FOR root@'localhost' = PASSWORD('password'); where 'password' is your chosen password.
5. FLUSH PRIVILEGES; one more time