Resetear password de mysql olvidado en debian 6.0 squeeze

#kill -9 `cat /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid`
#/etc/init.d/mysql stop
#/usr/bin/mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables &
#mysql -u root
> UPDATE mysql.user SET Password=PASSWORD('nuevoPass') WHERE user='root';
> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
> quit;
#/etc/init.d/mysql
#mysql -u root -p
nuevoPass
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