*(2025 Working Method – no mysqld_safe needed)* Tested on MySQL 8.0 / 8.1 / 8.4 / 8.5 – Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux Since MySQL 8.x the old `mysqld_safe` command has been removed. All the old tutorials on the internet will fail. This guide works 100 % in 2025.
I have updated the static website on my pc. The password checking tool I moved to an external site with the name passwortsachen.html because my To-do-list got a notice board, and then it did not match it with the password checking. You can select the password length from 8 characters to 32 characters, big and small letters, numbers and special character. Then you generate the password and can copy it to where you need it. This generated password will be…
You can change your root password on several ways, if you forgot it. The short way sudo su passwd or sudo passwd root Or the long way Restart the system: Restart the system or switch it on. GRUB menu: Press a key (e or c) during the startup process to edit the GRUB startup menu (the boot loader). Edit boot parameters: Find the line that starts with linux or linuxefi. Add a new parameter at the end of this line….
If you have forgotten your root password (it was in my case) then you can do the followings steps: I use here a Linux, Fedora 41. If you are using other distributions or Windows / macOS, please search for this operating systems. And if your system shows an error message, contact your favourite AI or a platform like StackOverflow. I did it today for the first day on my system because I did not know the root password. That’s all.
Heute Morgen schrieb ich von dem Script in Python. Ich habe das Script in C++ nachgebaut. Hier habe ich es zum Laufen gebracht. Das ist der Code dazu. Ich habe mit C++ wohl ein Talent, wie es mir so scheint. Ich lobe mich selten und dann noch in der Öffentlichkeit, aber in C++ habe ich das hier in 15 Minuten geschrieben und korrigiert. Klar ich musste auch einwenig googeln und einwenig ausprobieren, aber es hat sich schnell gelohnt. Zur Erinnerung:…