Changing MariaDB password on Mac Catalina

CHANGING_MARIA_DB_PASS.md

$ mysql.server stop 

or

$ brew services stop mariadb 

or

$ mysqladmin shutdown

then start mariab db with

$ mysqld --skip-grant-tables &

open new terminal tab and run

$ mysql

then flush privileges

MariaDB [(none)]> flush privileges;

now set your new password as eg: 1234

MariaDB [(none)]> ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '1234';