diff --git a/beaglebone.txt b/beaglebone.txt
index dffd911f..dc7f3c7f 100644
--- a/beaglebone.txt
+++ b/beaglebone.txt
@@ -7253,6 +7253,20 @@ Then visit your blog and reinstall it.  Your existing content will be unaffected
 If you need to import blog posts from another blog then copy the *fp-content/content* directory from the old blog to the new blog, then within the admin panel select *maintain* and *rebuild index*.
 
 ** MySql foo
+*** Reset the root password
+To reset the root password, or if mysql forgets its root password.
+
+#+BEGIN_SRC: bash
+/etc/init.d/mysql stop
+mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables &
+mysql -u root
+use mysql;
+update user set password=PASSWORD("mynewpassword") where User='root';
+flush privileges;
+quit
+/etc/init.d/mysql stop
+/etc/init.d/mysql start
+#+END_SRC
 *** Backup all databases
 To back up all mysql databases: