You can change the mySQL root password using mysqladmin command as shown below. Please note that there is no space between -p and currentpassword.
# mysqladmin -u root -pcurrentpassword password 'newpassword'
Once you’ve changed it make sure you can login with your new password successfully as shown below.
# mysql -u root -pnewpassword Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection id is 8 Server version: 5.1.25-rc-community MySQL Community Server (GPL) mysql>
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