Reset MySQL Password from CLI
# Stop MySQL Service
sudo systmctl stop mysql
# Make service directory and give permission to mysql to write
sudo mkdir /var/run/mysqld
sudo chown mysqld: /var/run/mysqld
# Start MySQL manually
sudo mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables --skip-networking &
# Login
mysql -uroot mysql
# Update the password
UPDATE mysql.user SET authentication_string=PASSWORD('NEWPASSWORD'), plugin='mysql_native_password' WHERE User='root' AND Host='localhost';
EXIT;
# Shutdown manual service
sudo mysqladmin -S /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock shutdown
# Restart MySQL
sudo systemctl restart mysql