Comments on: How to Reset Root Password in MySQL 8.0 https://www.tecmint.com/reset-root-password-in-mysql-8/ Tecmint - Linux Howtos, Tutorials, Guides, News, Tips and Tricks. Fri, 08 Apr 2022 15:46:15 +0000 hourly 1 By: Joe Choosakul https://www.tecmint.com/reset-root-password-in-mysql-8/comment-page-1/#comment-1759702 Fri, 08 Apr 2022 15:46:15 +0000 https://www.tecmint.com/?p=31997#comment-1759702 THANKS!!! Your instructions worked great!

]]> By: Ravi Saive https://www.tecmint.com/reset-root-password-in-mysql-8/comment-page-1/#comment-1465018 Tue, 30 Mar 2021 04:55:35 +0000 https://www.tecmint.com/?p=31997#comment-1465018 In reply to fom.

Use this article to solve ERROR 2002 (HY000) error – Useful Tips to Troubleshoot Common Errors in MySQL

]]> By: fom https://www.tecmint.com/reset-root-password-in-mysql-8/comment-page-1/#comment-1462744 Sat, 27 Mar 2021 20:34:34 +0000 https://www.tecmint.com/?p=31997#comment-1462744 ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can’t connect to local MySQL server through socket ‘/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock’ (2)

]]> By: Bo Qu https://www.tecmint.com/reset-root-password-in-mysql-8/comment-page-1/#comment-1359330 Tue, 01 Sep 2020 01:13:20 +0000 https://www.tecmint.com/?p=31997#comment-1359330 The first method, using an init file, totally failed for me. I couldn’t restart mysql after that. I was able to get the --skip-grant-table method to work, however, I had to manually kill the mysqld process. systemctl stop mysqld would not stop it.

]]> By: Vern https://www.tecmint.com/reset-root-password-in-mysql-8/comment-page-1/#comment-1293829 Fri, 22 Nov 2019 15:01:55 +0000 https://www.tecmint.com/?p=31997#comment-1293829 Thanks! Perfect. Just one caveat: “Sudo” did not seem to work well. Better to “sudo su – root” and be fully root.

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