Can't run mysql commands as root linux user

Question

As linux root user:

root@local:~# mysql

ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO)

I'm confused. Shouldn't the root user be able to run mysql without additional authentication? How do I fix this?

Answer 1

If the MySQL root user has a password, using the default authentication plugin, then you must provide a password to connect, full stop. You can configure an account with no password, but that's a habit you should avoid.

You can provide a password by any of the following means:

• Entering it interactively with the -p option
• Entering it in plaintext in the commandline like -p<mypassword>
• Storing it in plaintext in your ~/.my.cnf file in the [client] section (see https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/option-files.html )
• Storing it in an obfuscated form in your ~/.mylogin.cnf file (see https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/mysql-config-editor.html ).

There's also a way to provide a password through environment variables, but that's discouraged now because it's really not secure.

Answer 2

Your root account in MySql has a password. Try this

mysql -p

and enter the password you, or somebody set.

If that doesn't work try

mysql -h localhost -u root -p

It that doesn't work you'll need to reset your MySql root password. That's the topic of several tutorials on the 'toobz

Answer 3

I had same issue. This is what I do.

1. Login with:

root@local:~# sudo mysql

2. Change password with:

mysql > ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'your_password';
mysql > FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

3. Then try login with:

root@local:~# mysql

My problem solved.

Answer 4

ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH auth_socket;

Thanks to everyone who didn't understand the question or was too arrogant to believe there was a solution they weren't aware of and downvoted the question.