MySQL 5.7.6 and later:
ALTER USER ‘root’@’localhost’ IDENTIFIED BY ‘MyNewPass’;
MySQL 5.7.5 and earlier:
SET PASSWORD FOR ‘root’@’localhost’ = PASSWORD(‘MyNewPass’);
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MySQL 5.7.6 and later:
ALTER USER ‘root’@’localhost’ IDENTIFIED BY ‘MyNewPass’;
MySQL 5.7.5 and earlier:
SET PASSWORD FOR ‘root’@’localhost’ = PASSWORD(‘MyNewPass’);