# one shell
```bash
sudo mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables &
```
# two shell
```bash
kelvin@gnux:~> sudo mysql -u root                               (06/25 20:51:01)
[sudo] password for kelvin:
Welcome to the MariaDB monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MariaDB connection id is 41
Server version: 10.0.25-MariaDB-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 Ubuntu 16.04

Copyright (c) 2000, 2016, Oracle, MariaDB Corporation Ab and others.

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.

MariaDB [(none)]> use mysql;
Reading table information for completion of table and column names
You can turn off this feature to get a quicker startup with -A

Database changed
MariaDB [mysql]> select user,plugin from user;
+------+-------------+
| user | plugin      |
+------+-------------+
| root | unix_socket |
+------+-------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

MariaDB [mysql]> UPDATE user SET plugin="";
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
Rows matched: 1  Changed: 1  Warnings: 0

MariaDB [mysql]> UPDATE user SET password=PASSWORD("password") WHERE user="root";
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
Rows matched: 1  Changed: 1  Warnings: 0

MariaDB [mysql]> flush privileges;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

MariaDB [mysql]>
```
## end
```bash
MariaDB [mysql]> quit
Bye
kelvin@gnux:~> mysql -u root -p                                 (06/25 20:57:27)
Enter password:
Welcome to the MariaDB monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MariaDB connection id is 42
Server version: 10.0.25-MariaDB-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 Ubuntu 16.04

Copyright (c) 2000, 2016, Oracle, MariaDB Corporation Ab and others.

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.
```