# XTRADB Cluster root password lost  - Reset/change root password

**URL:** <https://forums.percona.com/t/xtradb-cluster-root-password-lost-reset-change-root-password/6607>\
**Category:** Percona XtraBackup\
**Created:** [October 2, 2018, 1:55am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/xtradb-cluster-root-password-lost-reset-change-root-password/6607 "2018-10-02T01:55:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![bensai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@bensai](https://forums.percona.com/u/bensai)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2018, 1:55am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/xtradb-cluster-root-password-lost-reset-change-root-password/6607/1 "2018-10-02T01:55:09Z")

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Hello,

I have a big problem.  
I have crash my PC, so i lost the ROOT password to acces on Perconna Xtradbcluster Databases.  
I have ROOT access on my 3 linux Centos servers.

How can i change the password without crashing all databases ?

Many thanks !

Version :  
mysql Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.5.41-37.0, for Linux (x86\_64) using readline 5.1

Status  
SUCCESS! MySQL (Percona XtraDB Cluster) running (7092)