Change Root Password for MYSQL database - akoston/McK-CCDC GitHub Wiki

###Change Root Password mysql -u root <5.7.5 mysql> SET PASSWORD FOR root@localhost = PASSWORD;

5.7.6 mysql> ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'MyNewPass'; mysql> update user set user="dukenukem" where user="root"; mysql> flush privileges; cat /dev/null > ~/.mysql_history