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Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES)

  1. Open and edit /etc/my.cnf or /etc/mysql/my.cnf, depending on your distribution.
  2. Add skip-grant-tables under [mysqld]
  3. Restart MySQL
  4. You should be able to log in to MySQL now using the below command mysql -u root -p
  5. Run mysql> flush privileges;
  6. Set new password by ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'NewPassword';
  7. Go back to /etc/my.cnf and remove/comment skip-grant-tables
  8. Restart MySQL
  9. Now you will be able to login with the new password mysql -u root -p
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