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

Question

I\'m setting up a new server and keep running into this problem.

When I try to login to the MySQL database with the root user, I get the error:

Answer 1

step 1. sudo mysql -u root -p

step 2. USE mysql;

step 3. ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'admin';

Here 'admin' is your new password, yo can change it.

step 4. exit

Thanks. You are done.