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The steps for accessing your MySQL database vary depending on whether Parallels Plesk Panel is installed on your server.
su
-. This gives you root access.mysql -uadmin -p`cat /etc/psa/.psa.shadow`
To reset your MySQL password, at the command line, type mysqladmin -u admin -psetup password $PW
su
-. This gives you root access.mysql -uroot -p
MySQL's default root password is an empty string (no password is set).