#!/bin/bash
PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:~/bin
export PATH
# Check if user is root
if [ $(id -u) != "0" ]; then
echo "Error: You must be root to run this script!"
exit 1
fi
echo "+-------------------------------------------------------------------+"
echo "| Reset MySQL/MariaDB root Password for LNMP, Written by Licess |"
echo "+-------------------------------------------------------------------+"
echo "| A tool to reset MySQL/MariaDB root password for LNMP |"
echo "| Usage: ./reset_mysql_root_password.sh |"
echo "+-------------------------------------------------------------------+"
if [ -s /usr/local/mariadb/bin/mysql ]; then
M_Name="mariadb"
else
M_Name="mysql"
fi
cur_mysql_version=`/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql -V | awk '{print $5}' | tr -d ","`
mysql_root_password=""
read -p "Enter New MySQL root password: " mysql_root_password
if [ "${mysql_root_password}" = "" ]; then
echo "Error: Password can't be NULL!!"
exit 1
fi
echo "Stoping MySQL..."
/etc/init.d/${M_Name} stop
echo "Starting MySQL with skip grant tables"
/usr/local/${M_Name}/bin/mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables >/dev/null 2>&1 &
echo "using mysql to flush privileges and reset password"
sleep 5
echo "update user set password = Password('${mysql_root_password}') where User = 'root'"
if echo "${cur_mysql_version}" | grep -Eqi '^5.7.'; then
/usr/local/${M_Name}/bin/mysql -u root mysql << EOF
update user set authentication_string = Password('${mysql_root_password}') where User = 'root';
EOF
else
/usr/local/${M_Name}/bin/mysql -u root mysql << EOF
update user set password = Password('${mysql_root_password}') where User = 'root';
EOF
fi
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
echo "Password reset succesfully. Now killing mysqld softly"
killall mysqld
sleep 5
echo "Restarting the actual mysql service"
/etc/init.d/${M_Name} start
echo "Password successfully reset to '${mysql_root_password}'"
else
echo "Reset MySQL root password failed!"
fi