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Asked: 2026-06-18T08:57:52+00:00

I have a VPS running CentOS and have apache, php, mysql all installed. I

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I have a VPS running CentOS and have apache, php, mysql all installed. I was following a tutorial for installation and apparently did something wrong when setting up mysql (I believe something with setting user and password). Now whenever I try to get to the MySQL command line interface I receive this error.

ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES)

I looked this up and got a few suggestions to try to bypass so I can reset the passwords. I’ve tried:

/etc/init.d/mysqld --skip-grant-tables

Which came up with the same error. I tried reinstalling by first removing mysql and then installing it again. Same Error appears. What else can I do?

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  1. Editorial Team

    (if U don’t have anything in DB, remove mysqlDB – not installation, but DB files in /var/lib/mysql/ – backup it first!)

    start this: shell# mysql_secure_installation

    it will ask U to:

    • Set a root password. If you already have it
    • you’ll need to enter it for the remaining steps.
    • Remove anonymous users
    • Disable non-local root access
    • Remove the test database and access rules related to it
    • Reload privilege tables so the above changes are in effect

    BR

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