It often happens so that administrator’s password for MySQL is lost or forgotten. The easiest way to fix the problem is to open \/var\/lib\/mysql\/mysql\/user.MYD in hex editor and replace the encrypted string near “localhost root” with spaces. Then mysql service should be restarted, and that’s it.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n
It often happens so that administrator’s password for MySQL is lost or forgotten. The easiest way to fix the problem is to open \/var\/lib\/mysql\/mysql\/user.MYD in hex editor and replace the encrypted string near “localhost root” with spaces. 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