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    ```bash
    # Stop MySQL
    sudo service mysql stop
    # Make MySQL service directory.
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    # Turn off MySQL.
    sudo mysqladmin -S /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock shutdown
    # Start the MySQL service normally.
    sudo service mysql start
    sudo service mysql start
    ```
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    # Stop MySQL
    sudo service mysql stop
    # Make MySQL service directory.
    sudo mkdir /var/run/mysqld
    # Give MySQL user permission to write to the service directory.
    sudo chown mysql: /var/run/mysqld
    # Start MySQL manually, without permission checks or networking.
    sudo mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables --skip-networking &
    # Log in without a password.
    mysql -uroot mysql

    UPDATE mysql.user SET authentication_string=PASSWORD('YOURNEWPASSWORD'), plugin='mysql_native_password' WHERE User='root' AND Host='%';
    EXIT;

    # Turn off MySQL.
    sudo mysqladmin -S /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock shutdown
    # Start the MySQL service normally.
    sudo service mysql start