forgot-password

I forgot the password I entered during postgres installation

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I either forgot or mistyped (during the installation) the password to the default user of Postgres. I can’t seem to be able to run it and I get the following error: psql: FATAL: password authentication failed for user “hisham” hisham-agil: hisham$ psql Is there anyway to reset the password or how do I create a … Read more

ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can’t connect to local MySQL server through socket ‘/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock’ (2)

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I installed LAMP on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) and then set root password on phpMyAdmin. I forgot the password and now I am unable to login. When I try to change password through terminal I get: ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can’t connect to local MySQL server through socket ‘/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock’ (2) How can I fix this? I … Read more