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There have been a couple of posts similar to this one already. My problem seems to be unique.

Using this site (http://innovativethought.net/2007/05/17/resetting-your-forgotten-mysql-password/) as my source, I..

  1. Stopped the server.
  2. cd /usr/local/mysql/bin/safe_mysqld --skip-grant-tables
  3. cd /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql mysql in new terminal window
  4. In new terminal window, type UPDATE user SET Password=PASSWORD('YOUR_PASSWORD') WHERE Host='localhost' AND User='root';

The problem is that I get stuck on Step 2. 

Brians-MacBook-Air-2:bin Ghost$ cd /usr/local/mysql/bin/safe_mysqld --skip-grant-tables
-bash: cd: /usr/local/mysql/bin/safe_mysqld: No such file or directory

What am I doing wrong? I also might be interpreting my source site incorrectly.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

bhp
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  • Try to search other instruction. For example: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/resetting-permissions.html – sectus Apr 22 '14 at 03:21
  • I actually found this source. Might be a slightly stupid question, but I don't have enough knowledge to understand the first step: 1. Log on to your system as the Unix user that the mysqld server runs as (for example, mysql). How do I do this? – bhp Apr 22 '14 at 03:24

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