MySql ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO)

Question

I\'ve tried multiple solutions from StackOverflow but haven\'t had any success. I\'m on Mac OSX (Sierra 10.12.3) trying to create a new database and user. From terminal I

Answer 1

Is it possible the root password is not what you think it is? Have you checked the file /root/.mysql_secret for the password? That is the default location for the automated root password that is generated from starting from version 5.7.

cat /root/.mysql_secret

Answer 2

just use:

$ sudo mysql

without the "-u root" parameter.

Answer 3

Try this (on Windows, i don't know how in others), if you have changed password a now don't work.

1) kill mysql 2) back up /mysql/data folder 3) go to folder /mysql/backup 4) copy files from /mysql/backup/mysql folder to /mysql/data/mysql (rewrite) 5) run mysql

In my XAMPP on Win7 it works.