UPDATE mysql.user SET Password=PASSWORD('PASSWORD@@$^@%$@%^$@^%$@%^$%^#$@^*') WHERE User='root';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

root@homeserver:/var/run/mysqld# mysqld_safe --init-file=/var/run/mysqld/reset-init &
[1] 18907
root@homeserver:/var/run/mysqld# 121218 13:18:14 mysqld_safe Logging to syslog.
121218 13:18:14 mysqld_safe Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql
121218 13:18:15 mysqld_safe mysqld from pid file /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid ended