Change a Password for a User
To change a password for a user, you have the following options:
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Use
GRANTas shown in the previous section.You must have SUPERprivileges to change another user’s password. - 
      
Use
SET PASSWORDto create a password hash and assign it to the user.Users can also change their own password with this command. SET PASSWORD FOR 'username'@'host' = PASSWORD('password'); 
Last modified: January 20, 2023