How to change MYSQL Root Password?

[George]

First you need to disable the safe_mode in my.cnf file

pico /etc/my.cnf

Then stop the Mysql service

service mysql stop

Kill all the running process for the Mysql and start it in Safe mode

killall -e -9 mysql
safe_mysqld --skip-grant-tables &

Reset the password with the following command

mysqladmin -u root flush-privileges password "newpassword"

Restart mysql server

service mysql restart
or
/etc/init.d/mysql start

Test the Mysql server by entering the root password.

mysql -u root -p