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

First step: go to /etc/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php then uncomment lines where you find AllowNoPassword . Second step: login to your mysql default account

mysql -u root -p
use mysql;
update user set plugin="" where user='root';
flush privilege;

and that's all!