It happens from time to time to forget some passwords if I’m not using them very very often. Recently I forgot the root password on a MySQL database from an external client. Recovering the password was not such a big deal, but I will explain how I do that for the newbies or anybody who need to know that. To do that you will need to stop your MySQL Database so if you are in a production environment then it will be better to schedule a downtime window. The process …