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本意向修改一个用户的密码，网上搜到的命令为如下

mysql> update user set password=password(“新密码”) where user=”用户名”;

执行后报错 　ERROR 1054(42S22) Unknown column 'password' in ‘field list’

错误的原因是 5.7版本下的mysql数据库下已经没有password这个字段了，password字段改成了authentication_string

所以请使用一下命令：

>mysql -u root -p
Enter password: ********
Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 12
Server version: 5.7.18-log MySQL Community Server (GPL)

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mysql> use mysql;
Database changed
mysql> select User from user;  #此处为查询用户命令
+-----------+
| User      |
+-----------+
| *******  |
| mysql.sys |
| root      |
+-----------+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> update user set password=password("*******") where user="*******";  #修改密码报错
ERROR 1054 (42S22): Unknown column 'password' in 'field list'
mysql> update mysql.user set authentication_string=password('*******') where user='*******';  #修改密码成功
Query OK, 1 row affected, 1 warning (0.00 sec)
Rows matched: 1  Changed: 1  Warnings: 1

mysql> flush privileges;  #立即生效
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> quit
Bye

n>mysql -u ******* -p #以该用户登录成功.
Enter password: ********
…………………………
mysql>

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-- 此内容引用自https://www.cnblogs.com/wangbaobao/p/7087032.html