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How To Reset Forgotten MariaDB/MySQL Root Password on Ubuntu and CentOS

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Lisa Schleifer
May 10, 2019

This article will come in handy if you have forgotten your MariaDB root password. If you are setting up a MySQL or MariaDB database server for the first time, chances are you will be running mysql_secure_installation soon afterward to implement basic security settings.
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Lisa Schleifer

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