Hi,
Hi,
- Resetting a forgotten root password
and/or
- Reassign root with all privileges
If you have set a password for the root user, but you have forgotten it, or you accidentally deleted all with root privileges, you can choose a new password and re-allocate privileges the following procedure in Windows:
The Windows session must be administrator and Wampserver started as administrator.
1. Stop the mysql service
wampmanager -> MySQL -> Service -> Stop Service
2. Edit the my.ini file
wampmanager -> MySQL -> my.ini
3. Find the [wampmysqld] or [wampmysqld64] section in the ini file
Add this line directly after the section [wampmysqld] or [wampmysqld64]
skip-grant-tables
4. Restart the mysql service.
wampmanager -> MySQL -> Service -> Start/Resume Service
5. Open the MySQL console
wampmanager -> MySQL -> MySQL Console
Enter key on request Password - to get, after a few lines of text, the mysql> command prompt6a. Now we are going to reset the password for the root user, of course this could be used to reset any users password.
enter the following 2 commands at the mysql> command prompt, each with a semi colon at the end of a line, and press ENTER after each line to issue the command to mysql.
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For MySQL versions prior 5.7.0
UPDATE mysql.user SET Password=PASSWORD('MyNewPass') WHERE user='root';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
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For MySQL versions after 5.7.0
UPDATE mysql.user SET authentication_string = PASSWORD('MyNewPass'), password_expired = 'N' WHERE User = 'root';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
6b.
Reassign all privileges to root : enter the following 2 commands at the mysql> command prompt, each with a semi colon at the end of a line, and press ENTER after each line to issue the command to mysql. (Given the length of the first line, it is necessary to perform copy / paste).
UPDATE mysql.user SET Select_priv='Y', Insert_priv='Y', Update_priv='Y', Delete_priv='Y', Create_priv='Y', Drop_priv='Y', Reload_priv='Y', Shutdown_priv='Y', Process_priv='Y', File_priv='Y', Grant_priv='Y', References_priv='Y', Index_priv='Y', Alter_priv='Y', Show_db_priv='Y', Super_priv='Y', Create_tmp_table_priv='Y', Lock_tables_priv='Y', Execute_priv='Y', Repl_slave_priv='Y', Repl_client_priv='Y', Create_view_priv='Y', Show_view_priv='Y', Create_routine_priv='Y', Alter_routine_priv='Y', Create_user_priv='Y', Event_priv='Y', Trigger_priv='Y', Create_tablespace_priv='Y' WHERE User='root';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Note that the update should report that it has updated more than one row, that because there are actually 3 user accounts with the userid of 'root' each with a different domain i.e. 127.0.0.1, localhost and ::17. Now enter 'quit' at the mysql command promt to exist mysql.
8. Stop the mysql service
wampmanager -> MySQL -> Service -> Stop Service
9. Edit the my.ini file
wampmanager -> MySQL -> my.ini
10. Find the [wampmysqld] or [wampmysqld64] section in the ini file
Remove the 'skip-grant-tables' parameter we added earlier.
DO NOT Leave this parameter in the ini file its a HUGH security hole.11. Restart the mysql service.
wampmanager -> MySQL -> Service -> Start/Resume Service
You shoud now be able to login with phpmyadmin using the userid 'root' and the new password you have just set for that user.
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