Reset your MySQL ‘ROOT’ password —
1. Stop the mysqld server. Typically this can be done by from ‘System Prefrences’ > MySQL > ‘Stop MySQL Server’
2. Start the server in safe mode with privilege bypass
From a terminal:
sudo /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld_safe –skip-grant-tables
3. In a new terminal window:
sudo /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql -u root
UPDATE mysql.user SET authentication_string = PASSWORD(‘MyNewPass’), password_expired = ‘N’ WHERE User = ‘root’ AND Host = ‘localhost’;
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
\q
4. Stop the mysqld server again and restart it in normal mode.