设置MySQL密码

停止MySQL数据库服务

sudo /etc/init.d/mysql stop

创建一个新的mysqld目录

Sudo mkdir /var/run/mysqld/

给予mysql用户访问权限

Sudo chown mysql /var/run/mysqld/

以安全模式启动MySQL…

Sudo mysqld_safe—skip-grant-tables &

无需密码登录数据库服务器

Sudo mysql -u root

使用默认的mysql数据库

使用mysql;

修改root密码

update user set authentication_string=PASSWORD(" new_passwor_here ") where user ='root';

保存更改 冲洗特权; 退出; 停止MySQL安全模式，启动MySQL默认服务

sudo /etc/init.d/mysql stop

sudo /etc/init.d/mysql start

使用root新密码重新登录MySQL数据库

-u root -p

***来源:https://websiteforstudents.com/resetting-mysql-root-password-on-ubuntu-16-04-17-10-and-18-04-lts/

重置或修改密码请输入sudo dpkg-reconfigure mysql-server-X。X (X.X是mysql版本你已经安装，即5.6,5.7)，然后你会提示一个屏幕，你必须设置新密码，然后在下一步确认密码，只是等待一会儿。就是这样。

当更改/重置MySQL密码时，上面列出的以下命令没有帮助。我发现进入终端并使用这些命令是毫无意义的。相反，使用命令sudo停止一切。如果有帮助的话，删除windows的system32。

要更新“root”Mysql用户密码，你必须记住，你将需要超级用户权限。如果您拥有超级用户权限，请尝试执行以下命令:

MySQL 5.7.6及以上版本

sudo su
service mysql stop
mysql -u root
ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'MyNewPass';
\q;
exit
mysql -u root -p MyNewPass

MySQL 5.7.5及更早版本

sudo su
service mysql stop
mysql -u root
SET PASSWORD FOR 'root'@'localhost' = PASSWORD('MyNewPass');
\q;
exit
mysql -u root -p MyNewPass

Instead of resetting the password there is a work around on the local machine if you have setup phpmyadmin to connect without giving the password or username. Check this out by starting mysql, apache etc. I have xampp installed in my local machine. So starting the xampp will start all the necessary services. Now going to http://localhost/phpmyadmin shows me all the databases. This confirms that you have saved the username and passsword in the config file of phpmyadmin which can be found in the phpmyadmin install location. If you have xampp installed the phpmyadmin folder can be found in the root folder of xampp installation. Search for the word password in the config.inc.php file. There you will find the password and username.

关于这个话题的大多数答案都过时了;在写这个答案之前，MySQL发生了两个主要的变化:

1-用户表中的“Password”字段已被“authentication_string”列取代。

2-“Password”加密功能:Password(“of some text”)已弃用。

更多信息请参考此链接:dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/resetting-permissions.html