Knowledgebase

1. Login to your server via SSH

2. Proceed with Scenerio 1 or Scenerio 2 below:

Scenerio 1: If your server has no root password, open up the MySQL: # mysql

Scenerio 2: If your server has a root password, open up MySQL: # mysql -uroot -p

Press the enter key and input your existing MySQL password (our OwnCloud servers use changeme123!)

3. Enter the following at the mysql> prompt: FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

4. Enter the following at the mysql> prompt: SET PASSWORD FOR 'root'@'localhost' = PASSWORD('YourNewPass');