Mysql password reset

Dear All,
I have lost my root password so I am trying to reset and following steps I have run but failed. Any help please? Thank you.

service mysqld stop
Stopping MySQL: [ OK ]
[root@localhost /]# mysqld_safe --skip-tables-grants
nohup: ignoring input and redirecting stderr to stdout
Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql
STOPPING server from pid file /var/lib/mysql/localhost.localdomain.pid
110212 05:12:19 mysqld ended

[root@localhost /]# mysql -u root
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)

 

The option is called --skip-grant-tables, not --skip-tables-grants. Take a look at http://www.howtoforge.com/reset-forgotten-mysql-root-password

 

Dear Falko,
What I did was first I stop by this command service mysqld stop. Then I ran this mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables. The problem it gave me the output below and just thats all kept there. Can I type in the empty space below where the last line?
nohup: ignoring input and redirecting stderr to stdout
Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql

 

Yes, that should work.