如果你知道你当前的密码，你不需要停止mysql服务器。 打开ubuntu终端。 登录mysql使用:

mysql - username -p

然后输入密码。 这将带您进入mysql控制台。 在控制台内部，输入:

> ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'new_password';

然后使用:

> flush privileges;

然后你就完成了。

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。

唯一对我有效的方法是这里描述的(我运行的是ubuntu 14.04)。为了清晰起见，以下是我遵循的步骤:

sudo vim /etc/mysql/my.cnf Add the following lines at the end: [mysqld] skip-grant-tables sudo service mysql restart mysql -u root use mysql select * from mysql.user where user = 'root'; - Look at the top to determine whether the password column is called password or authentication_string UPDATE mysql.user set *password_field from above* = PASSWORD('your_new_password') where user = 'root' and host = 'localhost'; - Use the proper password column from above FLUSH PRIVILEGES; exit sudo vim /etc/mysql/my.cnf Remove the lines added in step 2 if you want to keep your security standards. sudo service mysql restart

参考:https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/resetting-permissions.html

你可以尝试以下步骤来重置mysql的root密码:

首先停止Mysql服务

sudo /etc/init.d/mysql stop 

以root用户登录，不需要密码 Sudo mysqld_safe—skip-grant-tables &

登录mysql终端后，你需要执行更多的命令:

use mysql;




UPDATE mysql.user SET authentication_string=PASSWORD('solutionclub3@*^G'), plugin='mysql_native_password' WHERE User='root';


flush privileges;


sudo mysqladmin -S /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock shutdown

重启mysql服务器后 如果你仍然面临错误，你必须访问: 重置MySQL的root密码

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.

我还没有看到MySQL 8.0指南中推荐的官方步骤，这是唯一适合我的步骤。下面是这些步骤的总结。

Stop the MySQL server if it is running. Look in /var/lib/mysql/, /var/run/mysqld/, or /usr/local/mysql/data/ to find the pid file with the server's process ID. Generally the file begins with either mysqld or your system's host name and ends with .pid. Replace mysql-data-directory and host_name that you just found, in the following command: $ sudo kill `sudo cat /mysql-data-directory/host_name.pid` This command will create a text file in /tmp/mysql-init with the SQL statement and makes the mysql user the owner. Replace in the command MyNewPass with your own password. $ echo "ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'MyNewPass';" > /tmp/mysql-init && sudo chown mysql /tmp/mysql-init Start the MySQL server by running the following command on the command line. After this the password is updated and you can close the server again with CTRL+C. $ sudo mysqld --user=mysql --init-file=/tmp/mysql-init & Remove the temporary file with your password: $ sudo rm /tmp/mysql-init