mysql without sudo on wsl-2

Question

I would like to connect to mysql on ubuntu 20.04 in wsl-2 without root.

Initially I had to change the port (it was used by the system):

[mysqld]
mysqlx-port=11111

I can connect with the command using sudo mysql -u root -p but I can't access mysql without sudo, even after following instruction in the post

Trying to connect without sudo , using mysql -u root -p I get the error:

ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (13)

If I change protocol with the command mysql -u root -p --protocol=tcp I get the error:

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

Any clue how to get mysql 8 to work without sudo on ubuntu 20.04/wsl-2?

Answer 1

The first thing that comes to my mind when I see your post is:

Why you don't use aliases for this?

To set aliases, you should use any file that the shell reads when starting the session, for an interactive session, bash reads ~/.bashrc . So if you put your alias definition there, it will available on any interactive bash instance:

echo 'alias mysql="sudo mysql"' >> ~/.bashrc

To make it available from the running session, source the file:

source ~/.bashrc

This may not be a perfect solution, but it would still be quite useful to avoid wasting time debugging and executing complex commands in MySQL. I hope I helped in some way.