如果brew安装了MySQL 5.7，这个过程与以前的版本有点不同。 重置root用户密码的操作步骤如下:

sudo rm -rf /usr/local/var/mysql
mysqld --initialize

临时密码将被打印到控制台，它只能用于更新根密码:

mysql.server start
echo "ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'my-new-password';" | mysql -uroot --password=TEMPORARY_PASSWORD

我认为如果已经安装了旧版本的mysql，就会出现这种情况。我也遇到了同样的问题，上面的解决方案对我都不起作用。我是这样安排的:

使用brew的remove & cleanup命令，卸载launchctl脚本，然后删除mysql目录在/usr/local/var，删除我现有的/etc/my.cnf(留给你，如果它适用)和launchctl plist

更新plist的字符串。还要注意，您的备用安全脚本目录将基于您正在安装的MySQL版本。

循序渐进:

brew remove mysql

brew cleanup

launchctl unload -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.mysql.plist

rm ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.mysql.plist

sudo rm -rf /usr/local/var/mysql

然后我从头开始:

installed mysql with brew install mysql ran the commands brew suggested: (see note: below) unset TMPDIR mysql_install_db --verbose --user=`whoami` --basedir="$(brew --prefix mysql)" --datadir=/usr/local/var/mysql --tmpdir=/tmp Start mysql with mysql.server start command, to be able to log on it Used the alternate security script: /usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.5.10/bin/mysql_secure_installation Followed the launchctl section from the brew package script output such as, #start launchctl load -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.mysql.plist #stop launchctl unload -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.mysql.plist

注意:啤酒清理的——force位也会清理过时的酒桶，这是一个新的自制啤酒功能。

注意第二点:一个评论者说第二步不是必需的。我不想测试它，所以是YMMV!

我也有同样的问题。似乎设置指令或正在创建的初始表有问题。这就是我在我的机器上运行mysqld的方式。

如果mysqld服务器已经在你的Mac上运行，首先用以下命令停止它:

启动ctl卸载-w ~/图书馆/LaunchAgents/com.mysql mysqld.plist

使用以下命令启动mysqld服务器，允许任何人以完全权限登录。

mysqld_safe——skip-grant-tables

然后运行mysql -u root，现在应该可以让你成功登录，无需密码。下面的命令应该重置所有的root密码。

更新mysql。SET Password ('NewPassword') WHERE user ='root';冲洗特权;

现在，如果你关闭了mysqld_safe的运行副本，并在没有skip-grant-tables选项的情况下重新启动它，你应该可以使用mysql -u root -p和你刚刚设置的新密码登录。

当我使用最新版本的mysql和yosemite使用brew时，上面的答案(或者我在其他地方看到的几十个答案中的任何一个)都不适用。我最终通过brew安装了一个不同的mysql版本。

通过(例如)指定旧版本

brew install mysql56

为我工作。希望这能帮助到一些人。这是一个令人沮丧的问题，我觉得我永远被困住了。

下面是MySQL 5.7的更新

bash --version
GNU bash, version 4.4.12(1)-release (x86_64-apple-darwin17.0.0)
Copyright (C) 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later 

This is free software; you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

#========================================
brew --version
Homebrew 1.7.6
Homebrew/homebrew-core (git revision eeb08; last commit 2018-09-27)
Homebrew/homebrew-cask (git revision c9f62; last commit 2018-09-27)

#========================================
mysql --version
mysql  Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.7.23, for osx10.13 (x86_64) using  EditLine wrapper

#========================================
system_profiler SPSoftwareDataType
Software:

    System Software Overview:

      System Version: macOS 10.13.3 (17D47)
      Kernel Version: Darwin 17.4.0
      Boot Volume: Macintosh HD
      Boot Mode: Normal
      Computer Name: EdisonMacHomeBj
      User Name: Edison (edison)
      Secure Virtual Memory: Enabled
      System Integrity Protection: Disabled
      Time since boot: 6 days 23:13

brew remove mysql@5.7
brew cleanup
mv /usr/local/var/mysql /usr/local/var/mysql.bak
brew install mysql@5.7
rm -rf /usr/local/var/mysql

#========================================
mysqld --initialize
2018-09-28T04:54:06.526061Z 0 [Warning] TIMESTAMP with implicit DEFAULT value is deprecated. Please use --explicit_defaults_for_timestamp server option (see documentation for more details).
2018-09-28T04:54:06.542625Z 0 [Warning] Setting lower_case_table_names=2 because file system for /usr/local/var/mysql/ is case insensitive
2018-09-28T04:54:07.096637Z 0 [Warning] InnoDB: New log files created, LSN=45790
2018-09-28T04:54:07.132950Z 0 [Warning] InnoDB: Creating foreign key constraint system tables.
2018-09-28T04:54:07.196824Z 0 [Warning] No existing UUID has been found, so we assume that this is the first time that this server has been started. Generating a new UUID: 87cf2f10-c2da-11e8-ac2d-ba163df10130.
2018-09-28T04:54:07.224871Z 0 [Warning] Gtid table is not ready to be used. Table 'mysql.gtid_executed' cannot be opened.
2018-09-28T04:54:07.366688Z 0 [Warning] CA certificate ca.pem is self signed.
2018-09-28T04:54:07.457954Z 1 [Note] A temporary password is generated for root@localhost: kq3K=JR8;GqZ

#========================================
mysql_secure_installation -uroot -p"kq3K=JR8;GqZ"
mysql_secure_installation: [Warning] Using a password on the command line interface can be insecure.

Securing the MySQL server deployment.


The existing password for the user account root has expired. Please set a new password.

New password:

Re-enter new password:

VALIDATE PASSWORD PLUGIN can be used to test passwords
and improve security. It checks the strength of password
and allows the users to set only those passwords which are
secure enough. Would you like to setup VALIDATE PASSWORD plugin?

Press y|Y for Yes, any other key for No: n
Using existing password for root.
Change the password for root ? ((Press y|Y for Yes, any other key for No) : y

New password:

Re-enter new password:
By default, a MySQL installation has an anonymous user,
allowing anyone to log into MySQL without having to have
a user account created for them. This is intended only for
testing, and to make the installation go a bit smoother.
You should remove them before moving into a production
environment.

Remove anonymous users? (Press y|Y for Yes, any other key for No) : y
Success.


Normally, root should only be allowed to connect from
'localhost'. This ensures that someone cannot guess at
the root password from the network.

Disallow root login remotely? (Press y|Y for Yes, any other key for No) : n

 ... skipping.
By default, MySQL comes with a database named 'test' that
anyone can access. This is also intended only for testing,
and should be removed before moving into a production
environment.


Remove test database and access to it? (Press y|Y for Yes, any other key for No) : n

 ... skipping.
Reloading the privilege tables will ensure that all changes
made so far will take effect immediately.

Reload privilege tables now? (Press y|Y for Yes, any other key for No) : y
Success.

All done!

删除/opt/homebrew/var/mysql就可以了。显然有mysql数据(包括密码)，所以上述所有操作都是徒劳的。