If is up and running open a terminal and run this command: pgrep -fl mysql
#Find root password for mysql on mac install#
This is how you can do it in macOS Sierra, probably you install it via pkg and in the system preferences have an icon for MySQL, something like this: _mysql 124 0.0 0.0 2864848 4040 ? Ss 22Sep17 0:32.26 /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld -user=_mysql -basedir=/usr/local/mysql -datadir=/usr/local/mysql/data -plugin-dir=/usr/local/mysql/lib/plugin -log-error=/usr/local/mysql/data/ -pid-file=/usr/local/mysql/data/ -keyring-file-data=/usr/local/mysql/keyring/keyring -early-plugin-load=keyring_file=keyring_file.soīheng 95863 0.0 0.0 2423384 396 s009 R+ 8:48AM 0:00.00 grep mysqlīheng 95749 0.0 0.0 2448756 2496 ? S 8:48AM 0:00.03 /bin/sh /usr/local/opt/mysql/bin/mysqld_safe -bind-address=127.0.0.1 -datadir=/usr/local/var/mysqlīheng 66379 0.0 0.1 2696936 9304 ? S 8:06AM 0:00.51 /Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/mysqld -basedir=/Applications/MAMP/Library -datadir=/Applications/MAMP/db/mysql -plugin-dir=/Applications/MAMP/Library/lib/plugin -log-error=/Applications/MAMP/logs/mysql_error_log.err -pid-file=/Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/mysql.pid -socket=/Applications/MAMP/tmpmysql/mysql.sock -port=8889īheng 66263 0.0 0.0 2446708 2100 ? S 8:06AM 0:00.02 /bin/sh /Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/mysqld_safe -port=8889 -socket=/Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/mysql.sock -pid-file=/Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/mysql.pid -log-error=/Applications/MAMP/logs/mysql_error_log
#Find root password for mysql on mac password#
I can't really set the root password because I can't even get in. T12:13:44.6NZ mysqld_safe mysqld from pid file /usr/local/var/mysql/ ended T12:13:42.6NZ mysqld_safe Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /usr/local/var/mysql I need help.Įnter password: <- I've tried almost 10 possible passwordsĮRROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user (using password: NO)ĮRROR! MySQL server PID file could not be found! I start my MAMP and try to connect to my MySQL server via localhost or 127.0.0.1, I tried all the possible password that I think it is correct, but for some reasons it still didn't like it, so I think I forgot it somehow.