# Stop MySQL
```bash
sudo service mysql stop
```
# Make MySQL service directory.
```bash
sudo mkdir /var/run/mysqld
```
# Give MySQL user permission to write to the service directory.
```bash
sudo chown mysql: /var/run/mysqld
```
# Start MySQL manually, without permission checks or networking.
```bash
sudo mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables --skip-networking &
```
# Log in without a password.
```bash
mysql -uroot mysql
Update the password for the root user.
UPDATE mysql.user SET authentication_string=PASSWORD('YOURNEWPASSWORD'), plugin='mysql_native_password' WHERE User='root' AND Host='%';
EXIT;
```