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Change root password MYSQL

How can I quickly change the root password on the database Server ?
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If you still have the old root password to hand, try this on the command line obviously changing the example passwords to suit;

mysqladmin -u root -p mycurrentpass mynewpass


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UserZeroLtd
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Thanks, I'll try that.

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MrAnderson
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