1. Login as root

2. Stop the MySQL server by using  command
    /etc/init.d/mysql stop

3. Start MySQL server without password
     mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables &

4.Connect to mysql server using mysql client
    mysql -u root 

5. Now you need to Setup new MySQL root user password

mysql> use mysql;

mysql> update user set password=PASSWORD(”newrootpassword”) where user=’root’;

mysql> flush privileges;

mysql> quit

6. Restart MySQL
     /etc/init.d/mysql stop
     /etc/init.d/mysql start

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