ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES)
linux, mysql, ubuntu
Solution
Note: For MySQL 5.7+, please see the answer from Lahiru to this question. That contains more current information.
For MySQL < 5.7:
The default root password is blank (i.e., an empty string), not `root`. So you can just log in as:
mysql -u root
You should obviously change your root password after installation:
mysqladmin -u root password [newpassword]
In most cases you should also set up individual user accounts before working extensively with the database as well.
Problem
I have been following a manual to install a software suite on Ubuntu. I have no knowledge of MySQL at all. I have done the following installations on my Ubuntu. ``` sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install mysql-server-5.5 sudo apt-get install mysql-client-5.5 sudo apt-get install mysql-common sudo apt-get install glade sudo apt-get install ntp ``` Then I do ``` cd ~/Desktop/iPDC-v1.3.1/DBServer-1.1 mysql -uroot -proot <"Db.sql" ``` I ended up with the following error message. ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES) How may I fix it and continue?