Tengo una manera rápida y sucia
Consiga a alguien con derechos de SysAdmin y haga lo siguiente:
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Agregue 'skip-grant-tables' a my.cnf en la sección [mysqld]
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reiniciar mysql
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escriba mysql sin contraseña y presione enter
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Ejecutar esto:
DELETE FROM mysql.user WHERE user = 'root' AND host = 'localhost'; INSERT INTO mysql.user SET user = 'root', host = 'localhost', password = Password('whatevernewpassword'), Select_priv = 'y', Insert_priv = 'y', Update_priv = 'y', Delete_priv = 'y', Create_priv = 'y', Drop_priv = 'y', Reload_priv = 'y', Shutdown_priv = 'y', Process_priv = 'y', File_priv = 'y', Grant_priv = 'y', References_priv = 'y', Index_priv = 'y', Alter_priv = 'y', Show_db_priv = 'y', Super_priv = 'y', Create_tmp_table_priv = 'y', Lock_tables_priv = 'y', Execute_priv = 'y', Repl_slave_priv = 'y', Repl_client_priv = 'y', Create_view_priv = 'y', Show_view_priv = 'y', Create_routine_priv = 'y', Alter_routine_priv = 'y', Create_user_priv = 'y', Event_priv = 'y', Trigger_priv = 'y', Create_tablespace_priv = 'y';
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salir de mysql
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elimine 'skip-grant-tables' de my.cnf en la sección [mysqld]
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reiniciar mysql
¡Eso debería ser todo!