So, it’s advise that to set user’s password after installation. You can set or change user’s password in FreeBSD with passwd command.

Try to have your password in alphanumeric combination, meaning alphabets + numbers and at least 6 characters long. You can do some creative password combination like “go2HELL”, “1amN00b1nUn1x”, “BUYm3b33r”, “h3ySumm3rH0t” and etc. Please do remember, the password is case sensitive too.

To Set Password for Default User “root”

To set the password;

• type: passwd
• input your password twice

To change your password, use the same command and it will prompt you for current password before putting the new one.

To Set or Change Password for Other Userid

Login as “root” and change user’s password, in example userid foo

• Type: passwd foo
• Input your password twice

Follow the steps below to reset MySQL’s Root Password;

• Stop MySQL Service
• Start MySQL Service in Safe Mode: /usr/local/bin/mysqld_safe –skip-grant-tables&
• Connect to MySQL /usr/local/bin/mysql
• mysql> use mysql;
• mysql> UPDATE user set password=password(‘newpassword’) where user=’root’ and host=’localhost’;
• mysql> flush privileges;
• mysql> quit;
• Stop MySQL Service Again
• Start MySQL Service in normal mode

Log in to MySQL with your newly created password.