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ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost'

I am new to Oracle Cloud and not an expert on MySql, I have built my first Arm-based Ampere A1. I was successfully able to install Apache web server. I tried to do a yum install for MySQL.
I can start and stop mysqld
/usr/sbin/mysqld (mysqld 8.0.27) starting as process 2408
I can confirm that port 3306 starts
However when I try to login into MySQL itself
$mysql -u root
I get the following error:
ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES).
I have tried the following
- I have updated /etc/my.cnf with a password for root
- Turned off SELinux
- sudo mysqld --skip-grant-tables --skip-networking
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Answers
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Did you set up a password for the database instance?
Dave Stokes
MySQL Community Manager
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By default the
root
user does not have a password set. Was a password configured forroot
user explicitly?If yes, use command:
mysql -u root -p
When prompted provide the password and click on Enter.
If no, use command :
mysql -u root -p
When prompted directly click on Enter.