How do I find out my root MySQL password?

Question

I just installed MySQL on Ubuntu and the root user can\'t log in :)

How can I recover or find out my password? Using blank for password does not work.

Answer 1

There is a simple solution.

MySql 5.7 comes with anonymous user so you need to reconfigure MySQL server.

You can do that with this command

try to find temp pass:

grep 'temporary password' /var/log/mysqld.log

then:

sudo mysql_secure_installation

On this link is more info about mysql 5.7

https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/linux-installation-yum-repo.html