on Ihnen gewählten Passwort!):
<code sql>
mysql> UPDATE mysql.user SET Password=PASSWORD('IhrNeuesPas...
This is a good thing: you probably want to back up all your mysql users, permissions, etc -- but it ... mysql/debian.cnf. In fact, unless you also backed up that file, you probably don't even know what that... the debian sys maint password. =====
So now look up the debian sys maint password that debian created