I lost that damn mysql password again

With my memory not being what it once was I tend to forget things like database passwords on boxes that I don't need to constantly maintain.

Here is the process of retrieving a lost mysql root password:

• Stop the MySQL server process.

# /etc/init.d/mysql stop

• Start the MySQL (mysqld) server/daemon process with the –skip-grant-tables option so that it will not prompt for password

# mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables &

• Connect to mysql server as the root user

# mysql -u root

• Setup new root password

mysql> use mysql;
mysql> update user set password=PASSWORD("NEW-PASSWORD") where User='root';
mysql> flush privileges;
mysql> quit

• Exit and restart MySQL server

# killall mysqld
# /etc/init.d/mysql start