MYSQL How to reset root pwd

 At first run this command:

sudo mysql // Login to MYSQL as current root

and then you should check which authentication method of your MySQL user accounts use.So run this command

SELECT user,authentication_string,plugin,host FROM mysql.user;

now you can see something like this already :

+------------------+-------------------------------------------+-----------------------+-----------+
| user             | authentication_string                     | plugin                | host      |
+------------------+-------------------------------------------+-----------------------+-----------+
| root             |                                           | auth_socket           | localhost |
| mysql.session    | *THISISNOTAVALIDPASSWORDTHATCANBEUSEDHERE | mysql_native_password | localhost |
| mysql.sys        | *THISISNOTAVALIDPASSWORDTHATCANBEUSEDHERE | mysql_native_password | localhost |
| debian-sys-maint | *CC744277A401A7D25BE1CA89AFF17BF607F876FF | mysql_native_password | localhost |
+------------------+-------------------------------------------+-----------------------+-----------+

in the table that is in the above , you can see that all of your mysql users accounts status & if you have set a password for root account before you see mysql_native_password in plugin column instead auth_socket. All in all for change your root password you should run :

ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'password'; //

'password' is your new pwd

Be sure to change password to a strong password of your choosing. Then for reload your server to put your new changes into effect run this;

FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

So again check the authentication methods which has employed by your mysql , by this command:

SELECT user,authentication_string,plugin,host FROM mysql.user;

and now the output is :

+------------------+-------------------------------------------+-----------------------+-----------+
| user             | authentication_string                     | plugin                | host      |
+------------------+-------------------------------------------+-----------------------+-----------+
| root             | *3636DACC8616D997782ADD0839F92C1571D6D78F | mysql_native_password | localhost |
| mysql.session    | *THISISNOTAVALIDPASSWORDTHATCANBEUSEDHERE | mysql_native_password | localhost |
| mysql.sys        | *THISISNOTAVALIDPASSWORDTHATCANBEUSEDHERE | mysql_native_password | localhost |
| debian-sys-maint | *CC744277A401A7D25BE1CA89AFF17BF607F876FF | mysql_native_password | localhost |
+------------------+-------------------------------------------+-----------------------+-----------+

as you can see in the grant table your root account has mysql_native_password . now you can exit MYSQL shell

exit;