Connect to mysql server without sudo

Question

The command:

mysql -u root -p

gives the error:

ERROR 1698 (28000): Access denied for user \'root\'@\'localhost\'
         


        

Answer 1

You can use the same ROOT user, or a NEW_USER and remove the SUDO privileges. Below example shows how to remove connect using ROOT, without SUDO.

Connect to MY-SQL using SUDO

sudo mysql -u root

Delete the current Root User from the User Table

DROP USER 'root'@'localhost';

Create a new ROOT user (You can create a different user if needed)

CREATE USER 'root'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY '';

Grant permissions to new User (ROOT)

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'root'@'%' WITH GRANT OPTION;

Flush privileges, so that the Grant tables get reloaded immediately. (Why do we need to flush privileges?)

FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Now it's all good. Just in case, check whether a new root user is created.

SELECT User,Host FROM mysql.user;

+------------------+-----------+
| User             | Host      |
+------------------+-----------+
| root             | %         |
| debian-sys-maint | localhost |
| mysql.session    | localhost |
| mysql.sys        | localhost |
+------------------+-----------+
4 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Exit mysql. (Press CTRL + Z). Connect to MySQL without SUDO

mysql -u root

Hope this will help!