1) Stop the mysql demon

/etc/init.d/mysql stop

2) Start the mysqld demon process using the –skip-grant-tables option with this command

/usr/sbin/mysqld –skip-grant-tables –skip-networking &

3)** start the mysql client process using this command**

mysql -u root

4) from the mysql prompt execute this command to be able to change any password

FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

5)** Then reset/update your password**

SET PASSWORD FOR root@’localhost’ = PASSWORD(‘password’);

FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

6) Then stop the mysqld process and relaunch it with the classical way:

/etc/init.d/mysql stop /etc/init.d/mysql start