How can you set a password for a user in mysqladmin?

2 years ago
Isabella Edwards
1 minute

To set a password for a MySQL user, you can use the mysqladmin command line tool. Below are the steps for setting a password.

  1. Open the terminal or command prompt window.
  2. user identifier
  3. – secret code
  4. mysqladmin -u username -p=password
  5. secret code
  6. Press the Enter key to execute the command.
  7. If successful, there will be no output. If unsuccessful, an error message will be displayed.

Please ensure that you have sufficient privileges to change the user’s password. If you do not have the necessary permissions, you will need to run the command as another user with sufficient privileges or contact a database administrator with administrative rights to set the password.

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