Suppression mot de passe root dans mysql

Démarrer mysql avec la ligne de commande suivante

freebsd# mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables &
[1] 5802
freebsd# Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/db/mysql

Connecter vous en root sans mot de passe

freebsd# mysql -u root mysql
Reading table information for completion of table and column names
You can turn off this feature to get a quicker startup with -A


Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 2
Server version: 5.0.77 FreeBSD port: mysql-server-5.0.77_1


Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.

Modifier le mot de passe de l'utilisateur root

mysql> update user set password=password('nvmot2passe') where user='root';
Query OK, 3 rows affected (0.01 sec)
Rows matched: 3  Changed: 3  Warnings: 0


mysql> exit
Bye
freebsd#

Puis redémarrez mysql normalement.