Why MySQL command client closes after entering password?

Why MySQL command line client is not opening?

1. Open Command prompt in admin and go to the location of Mysql bin folder and type - C:\ProgramFile\mysql\bin>mysql -u root -p <password> 2. Then the prompt asks for the password. This is the password or the root user which you had set during installation of mysql.

How do I stop MySQL from crashing?

Try the following things:1Stop the mysqld server with mysqladmin shutdown, run myisamchk --silent --force */*. ... 2Start mysqld with the general query log enabled (see Section 5.4. ... 3Try to make a test case that we can use to repeat the problem. ... 4Try the fork_big.pl script.

What is the password for MySQL command line client?

The default user for MySQL is root and by default it has no password.

Why is MySQL password not working?

Recover MySQL root password Stop the MySQL server process. Start the MySQL (mysqld) server/daemon process with the --skip-grant-tables option so that it will not prompt for a password. Connect to the MySQL server as the root user. Set a new root password.