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fallwith / homebrew_mysql_pass_reset.txt
Created May 23, 2011 22:10
Reset MySQL root password (Homebrew)
$> launchctl unload -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.mysql.mysqld.plist
$> /usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.5.9/bin/mysqld --basedir=/usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.5.9 --datadir=/usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.5.9/data --plugin-dir=/usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.5.9/lib/plugin --log-error=/usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.5.9/data/errors.err --pid-file=/usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.5.9/data/pidfile.pid --skip-grant-tables
$> mysql
mysql> UPDATE mysql.user SET Password=PASSWORD('root_password') WHERE User='root';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
$> kill `cat /usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.5.9/data/pidfile.pid`