Author: Justin Palmer
Justin Palmer is a professional application developer with Liquid Web
Change a Password for MySQL on Linux via Command Line
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- These instructions are intended for setting the password for all MySQL users named root on Linux via the command line. However, they can also be followed to change the password for any MySQL user.
- I’ll be working from a Liquid Web Core Managed CentOS 6.5 server, and I'll be logged in as root.
First, we'll log in to the MySQL server from the command line with the following command:
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