# Changing password
Method #1: Use mysqladmin command to change root password
```
  $ mysqladmin -u root -p'oldpassword' password newpass
```
Method #2: Changing MySQL root user password using the mysql command
```
  $ mysql -u root -p
  mysql> use mysql;
  mysql> update user set password=PASSWORD("NEWPASSWORD") where User='nixcraft';
  ysql> flush privileges;
  mysql> quit
```