Change MySQL root password MySQL is first set up with root and no password. The best thing to do is change this, as soon as MySQL is installed. To change the root password in MySQL enter the following in the terminal :- sudo mysqladmin -u root password {yournewpassword} Replace {yournewpassword with your own password} Home - Apache - Ubuntu - MySQL - PHP - Misc Updated on: 2008-01-08 07:10:11