I installed centos and now I want to get into mysql via the command line, but I forgot my root password for mysql as its not the same as the root password I made to login to the system. I googled and it told me to stop the mysql service to do a password reset, but I dont know where it is. What do I need to type to find out where a service is installed so i can stop it?
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On CentOS the way to start/stop service is next:
service mysqld start
service mysqld stop
P.S. If your version is 7 you can use:
systemctl start mysqld
systemctl stop mysqld
Romeo Ninov
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1And on CentOS 7 you can use `systemctl (start/stop) mysqld` – Eric Renouf May 31 '15 at 17:46
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service mysql stop should work. But perhaps you should gain ome basic understanding of linux before using it.
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@duckx http://unix.stackexchange.com/q/238/11083 is a similar Q with many good answers. – Nils Jun 01 '15 at 19:04