mysqld_safe Directory '/var/run/mysqld' for UNIX socket file don't exists

Question

While starting mysql server 5.7.17 using mysqld_safe, following error occcours.

2017-02-10T17:05:44.870970Z mysqld_safe Logging to \'/var/log/mysql/error.log         


        

Answer 1

Work for me in CentOS:

$ service mysql stop
$ mysqld --skip-grant-tables &
$ mysql -u root mysql

mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'new_password';

$ service mysql restart