To Change root Password of mysql you can change it by using mysqladmin command. if you want to change or update root password then execute this command mysqladmin -u root -p’oldpassword’ password newpassword For example, If old password is tejas, and set new password to tejasbarot, enter: mysqladmin -u root -p’tejas’ password tejasbarot

First set Yum repository of MySQL then install it by using following command yum -y install mysql-server mysql  or yum -y install mysql*  Starting MySQL Server:- Execute Following Command:- chkconfig mysqld on /etc/init.d/mysqld start or service mysqld restart Setting Up root Password:- mysqladmin -u root password NEWPASSWORD