怎么修改linux上mysql的root密码?

# /etc/init.d/mysql stop

# mysqld_safe --user=mysql --skip-grant-tables --skip-networking &

# mysql -u root

mysql> use mysql

mysql> update user set password=password("newpassword") where user=‘root‘;

mysql> flush privileges;

mysql> quit

# /etc/init.d/mysql restart

# mysql -uroot -p

enter password: <输入新设的密码newpassword>

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