这就是对我有效的方法:

Make sure no other MySQL process is running. To check this do the following: From the terminal, run this command: lsof -i:3306 If any PID is returned, kill it using kill -9 PID Go to System Preferences → MySQL → check if any MySQL instances are running, stop them. Start MySQL with the command: sudo /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables The password for every user is stored in the mysql.user table under columns User and authentication_string respectively. We can update the table as: UPDATE mysql.user SET authentication_string='your_password' where User='root'

之前的评论都没有解决我的Mac上的问题。

我使用下面的命令，它工作。

brew services stop mysql
pkill mysqld
rm -rf /usr/local/var/mysql/ # NOTE: this will delete your existing database!!!
brew postinstall mysql
brew services restart mysql
mysql -u root

MySQL 8有了很大的变化。我发现MySQL 8.0“如何重置根密码”文档的以下修改适用于Mac OS X。

创建一个临时文件$HOME/mysql.root.txt，用SQL更新根密码:

ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY '<new-password>';

这使用mysql_native_password来避免身份验证插件'caching_sha2_password'无法加载错误，如果我省略该选项，我就会得到这个错误。

停止服务器，使用——init-file选项来设置根密码，然后重新启动服务器:

mysql.server stop
mysql.server start --init-file=$HOME/mysql.root.txt
mysql.server stop
mysql.server start

停止MySQL服务器

sudo /usr/local/mysql/support-files / mysql。服务器停止

以安全模式启动MySQL

Sudo /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld_safe——skip-grant-tables &

修改root用户密码

/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql -u root

use mysql;
UPDATE user SET authentication_string=PASSWORD('NEW_PASSWORD') WHERE user='root';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit

测试

执行/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql -u root命令

现在输入新密码开始使用MySQL。

点击这里阅读更多。

截至2022年12月，以下适用于macOS Big Sur 11.2.3上的MySQL 8.0.26:

去系统首选> mysql >停止服务器 打开终端并运行:mysqld_safe——skip-grant-tables 打开一个新终端，运行:mysql -u root 运行:ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'root'; ROOT将是您的新密码。 运行:FLUSH特权; 运行:退出 进入系统首选项> mysql >启动服务器

$ export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/mysql/bin

now,to make this permanent:
$ echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/mysql/bin' >> ~/.bash_profile

next, start mysql in safe mode:
$ sudo mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables;

If this does not work, go to System Preferences and stop MySQL server.
next, On the **other** terminal, you may use the below:

$ mysql -u root

mysql> USE mysql;

mysql> UPDATE mysql.user SET authentication_string=null WHERE 
User='root';

mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

mysql> exit;

$ mysql -u root
mysql> ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH 
caching_sha2_password BY 'yourpassword';

$ mysql -u root -p
Enter password: 
mysql> SELECT user();

next, start the mysql server in normal mode. and you're done with resetting your root password. this worked for mysql 8.0.17 ver. for me.
thanks to everyone on top, https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36099028/error-1064-42000-you-have-an-error-in-your-sql-syntax-want-to-configure-a-pa,

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