Execute mysql without sudo - mysql

I am trying to install wordpress on Odroid C2.
However, wordpress could not access mysql.
So, I tried this.
If I execute mysql with sudo, it is OK. But, without sudo, I can't.
The OS of C2 is Ubuntu Mate 16.04, so I installed mariaDB instead of mysql.
I followed the guide of mariaDB installation.
How can I use mysql without sudo, and how can my wordpress access the DB.

try this to solve the problem:
Login in your DB
sudo mysql -u root -p
then make these modifications:
MariaDB []>use mysql;
MariaDB [mysql]>update user set plugin='' where User='root';
MariaDB [mysql]>flush privileges;
MariaDB [mysql]>exit
try login again without sudo

This should be an serverfault.com issues. But anyway, go through this checklist
Are you starting mysql with port other than 3306
Check access of mysql client is o+rx , i.e. ls -la /usr/bin/mysql
Did you grant user access other than "root" in mysqldb/mariadb. Mysql db may prevent you from using root#localhost if it is not running sudo
So if in case no 3, you must create a new user and grant access to it to solve this. i.e.
GRANT ALL ON <YOUR_WP_DATABASE_NAME>.* TO "wpuser"#"localhost" IDENTIFIED BY "somepassword";
Afterwards, try mysql using that user to confirm it works.

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Authentication plugin 'caching_sha2_password' cannot be loaded

I am connecting MySQL - 8.0 with MySQL Workbench and getting the below error:
Authentication plugin 'caching_sha2_password' cannot be loaded:
dlopen(/usr/local/mysql/lib/plugin/caching_sha2_password.so, 2): image
not found
I have tried with other client tool as well.
Any solution for this?
you can change the encryption of the password like this.
ALTER USER 'yourusername'#'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'youpassword';
Note: For MAC OS
Open MySQL from System Preferences > Initialize Database >
Type your new password.
Choose 'Use legacy password'
Start the Server again.
Now connect the MySQL Workbench
For Windows 10:
Open the command prompt:
cd "C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 8.0\bin"
C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 8.0\bin> mysql -u root -p
Enter password: *********
mysql> ALTER USER 'root'#'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'newrootpassword';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.10 sec)
mysql> exit
Alternatively, you can change the my.ini configuration as the following:
[mysqld]
default_authentication_plugin=mysql_native_password
Restart the MySQL Server and open the Workbench again.
I had the same problem, but the answer by Aman Aggarwal didn't work for me with a Docker container running mysql 8.X.
I loged in the container
docker exec -it CONTAINER_ID bash
then log into mysql as root
mysql --user=root --password
Enter the password for root (Default is 'root')
Finally Run:
ALTER USER 'username' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'password';
You're all set.
You can change the encryption of the user's password by altering the user with below Alter command :
ALTER USER 'username'#'ip_address' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY
'password';
OR
We can avoid this error by make it work with old password plugin:
First change the authentication plugin in my.cnf file for Linux / my.ini file in Windows:
[mysqld]
default_authentication_plugin=mysql_native_password
Restart the mysql server to take the changes in affect and try connecting via MySQL with any mysql client.
If still unable to connect and getting the below error:
Unable to load plugin 'caching_sha2_password'
It means your user needs the above plugin. So try creating new user with create user or grant command after changing default plugin. then new user need the native plugin and you will able to connect MySQL.
Thanks
Currently (on 2018/04/23), you need to download a development release. The GA ones do not work.
I was not able to connect with the latest GA version (6.3.10).
It worked with mysql-workbench-community-8.0.11-rc-winx64.msi (from https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/workbench/, tab Development Releases).
Ok, wasted a lot of time on this so here is a summary as of 19 March 2019
If you are specifically trying to use a Docker image with MySql 8+, and then use SequelPro to access your database(s) running on that docker container, you are out of luck.
See the sequelpro issue 2699
My setup is sequelpro 1.1.2 using docker desktop 2.0.3.0 (mac - mojave), and tried using mysql:latest (v8.0.15).
As others have reported, using mysql 5.7 works with nothing required:
docker run -p 3306:3306 --name mysql1 -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=secret -d mysql:5.7
Of course, it is possible to use MySql 8+ on docker, and in that situation (if needed), other answers provided here for caching_sha2_password type issues do work. But sequelpro is a NO GO with MySql 8+
Finally, I abandoned sequelpro (a trusted friend from back in 2013-2014) and instead installed DBeaver. Everything worked out of the box. For docker, I used:
docker run -p 3306:3306 --name mysql1 -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=secret -d mysql:latest --default-authentication-plugin=mysql_native_password
You can quickly peek at the mysql databases using:
docker exec -it mysql1 bash
mysql -u root -p
show databases;
I was installing MySQL on my Windows 10 PC using "MySQL Web Installer" and was facing the same issue while trying to connect using MySQL workbench. I fixed the issue by reconfiguring the server form the Installer window.
Clicking on the "Reconfigure" option it will allow to reconfigure the server. Click on "Next" until you reach "Authentication Method".
Once on this tab, use the second option "Use Legacy Authentication Method (Retain MySQL 5.x Compatibility)".
Keep everything else as is and that is how I solved my issue.
Note: For Linux (Debian, Ubuntu, Mint)
I got this error:
MySQL Error Message: Plugin caching_sha2_password could not be loaded: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/mariadb19/plugin/caching_sha2_password.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
I solved it with these steps:
Enter on mysql console: $ mysql -u root -p, if you don't have a password for root user, then:
Use mysql db: mysql> use mysql;
Alter your user for solve the problem: mysql> ALTER USER 'root'#'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'password';
Exit... mysql> quit;
Done!
like this?
docker run -p 3306:3306 -e MYSQL_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD=yes -d mysql --default-authentication-plugin=mysql_native_password
mysql -uroot --protocol tcp
Try in PWD
https://github.com/GitHub30/docs/blob/change-default_authentication_plugin/mysql/stack.yml
or You shoud use MySQL Workbench 8.0.11.
Open MySQL Command Line Client
Create a new user with a new pass
Considering an example of a path to a bin folder on top, here's the code you need to run in the command prompt, line by line:
cd C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.7\bin
MySQL -u root -p
current password...***
CREATE USER 'nativeuser'#'localhost'
IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'new_password';
Then, you can access Workbench again (you should be able to do that after creating a new localhost connection and using the new credentials to start using the program).
Set up a new local host connection with the user name mentioned above (native user), login using the password (new_password)
Courtesy: UDEMY FAQs answered by Career365 Team
For Windows 10,
Modify my.ini file in C:\ProgramData\MySQL\MySQL Server 8.0\
[mysqld]
default_authentication_plugin=mysql_native_password
Restart the MySQL Service.
Login to MySQL on the command line, and execute the following commands in MySQL:
Create a new user.
CREATE USER 'user'#'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
Grant all privileges.
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON * .* TO 'user'#'localhost';
Open MySQL workbench, and open a new connection using the new user credentials.
I was facing the same issue and this worked.
Although this shouldn't be a real
solution, it does work locally if you are stuck
ALTER USER 'root'#'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY '';
This is my databdase definition in my docker-compose:
dataBase:
image: mysql:8.0
volumes:
- db_data:/var/lib/mysql
networks:
z-net:
ipv4_address: 172.26.0.2
restart: always
entrypoint: ['docker-entrypoint.sh', '--default-authentication-plugin=mysql_native_password']
environment:
MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: supersecret
MYSQL_DATABASE: zdb
MYSQL_USER: zuser
MYSQL_PASSWORD: zpass
ports:
- "3333:3306"
The relevant line there is entrypoint.
After build and up it, you can test it with:
$ mysql -u zuser -pzpass --host=172.26.0.2 zdb -e "select 1;"
Warning: Using a password on the command line interface can be insecure.
+---+
| 1 |
+---+
| 1 |
+---+
For those using Docker or Docker Compose, I experienced this error because I didn't set my MySQL image version. Docker will automatically attempt to get the latest version which is 8.
I set MySQL to 5.7 and rebuilt the image and it worked as normal:
version: '2'
services:
db:
image: mysql:5.7
I found that
ALTER USER 'username'#'ip_address' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'password';
didn't work by itself. I also needed to set
[mysqld]
default_authentication_plugin=mysql_native_password
in /etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf
on Ubuntu 18.04 running PHP 7.0
Here is the solution which worked for me after MySQL 8.0 Installation on Windows 10.
Suppose MySQL username is root and password is admin
Open command prompt and enter the following commands:
cd C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 8.0\bin
mysql_upgrade -uroot -padmin
mysql -uroot -padmin
ALTER USER 'root'#'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY
'admin'
If you are getting this error on GitLab CI like me:
Just change from latest to 5.7 version ;)
# .gitlab-ci.yml
rspec:
services:
# - mysql:latest (I'm using latest version and it causes error)
- mysql:5.7 #(then I've changed to this specific version and fix!)
Open my sql command promt:
then enter mysql password
finally use:
ALTER USER 'username'#'ip_address' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'password';
refer:https://stackoverflow.com/a/49228443/6097074
Thanks.
For me this started happening because on a project, I was using Docker image mysql:latest (which was version 5, and which was working fine), and during a later build, the latest version was switched to version 8, and stopped working. I changed my image to mysql:5 and I was no longer getting this error.
This error comes up when the tool being used is not compatible with MySQL8, try updating to the latest version of MySQL Workbench for MySQL8
If you still want to use the new authentication method, the proper solution is to install the mariadb-connector-c package. For Alpine, run:
apk add mariadb-connector-c
This will add the missing caching_sha2_password.so library into /usr/lib/mariadb/plugin/caching_sha2_password.so.
Almost like answers above but may be in simple queries, I was getting this error in my spring boot application along with hibernate after MySQL upgrade. We created a new user by running the queries below against our DB. I believe this is a temp work around to use sha256_password instead of latest and good authentication caching_sha2_password.
CREATE USER 'username'#'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'pa$$word';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON * .* TO 'username'#'localhost';
MySQLWorkbench 8.0.11 for macOS addresses this.
I can establish connection with root password protected mysql instance running in docker.
If you are trying to connect to a MySQL server from a text-based MySQL client from another computer (be it Docker or not)
Most answers here involve connecting from a desktop client, or ask you to switch to an older authentication method. If you're connecting it with the MySQL client (text-based), I made it work with a Debian Buster in a Docker container.
Say you have the apt system and wget set up, do the following:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install lsb-release -y
Download a Debian package which update apt sources for you from the MySQL web site.
sudo dpkg -i mysql-apt-config_0.8.13-1_all.deb and select the options you want. In my case I only need MySQL Tools & Connectors to be enabled.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install mysql-client -y
Done. You can now run the new MySQL client and connect with the new authentication method.
The below solution worked for me
Go to Mysql Workbench -> Server-> Users and Privileges
1.Click Add Account
2.Under Login Tab provide new details and make sure to choose the Authentication Type as standard and choose respective administrative roles and Schema Privileges
Actually MySql allows two type of authentication at the time of installation.
Password Encryption
Legacy Encryption
Read Here
So by checking legacy authentication the issue was resolved.
Try using legacy password while downloading and installing MySql, that helped me.
Or follow the method posted by Santhosh Shivan for Mac OS.
Just downloaded the latest mysqlworkbench which is compatible with the latest encryption:
https://downloads.mysql.com/archives/workbench/
Note: On Mac big Sur, the latest two versions: 8.0.22 and 8.0.23 are buggy and do not work.
Use 8.0.21 until these are fixed
I run docker in M1 (arm64), the direct way of changing in the docker bash does not work for me. Instead, I change the mysql image to be
mysql:8.0.26
and the platform is set as
linux/x86_64
and add default_authentication_plugin=mysql_native_password to my.cnf
Then, you rebuild your container.

MySQL Workbench on Linux

I installed MySQL on Ubuntu 16.04. I can login to MySQL shell by typing the command:
sudo mysql -u root
However, I also want to see the DB via MySQL Workbench. I installed it on my computer, and when I go to Database -> Connect to Database I get the following window:
When I click 'OK' I get the following dialog:
I checked 1 and 2. 3 I don't know how to check and as for 4, I don't know what is the password at all (I don't have to use it to login via the console).
Do you know how to resolve it?
Firstly never work with root on a server. Period it is a bad habit. So first things first would be to log into the command line and create a user that is the root equivalent and then use that user.
So use the command line and then execute the following steps:
CREATE USER 'username'#'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'username'#'%'
WITH GRANT OPTION;
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
This will create an administrative user called username. You can then use this account to log in. Get in the habit of doing this.
Use terminal login mysql
sudo mysql -u root
Initial root password
update user set password=PASSWORD(‘123456’) where User='root';
And then try workbench login again.
If you want to connect mysql service from any others host except localhost,
you need set root host to %
mysql -u root –p
mysql>use mysql;
mysql>update user set host = '%' where user = 'root';
mysql>select host, user from user; --check result,init value maybe 127.0.0.1 or localhost
I think that I found the problem. When I installed MySQL, I skipped the option to give a password to root user. Therefore, I decided to remove MySQL from my linux by using the command:
apt-get purge mysql mysql-server mysql-common mysql-client
and then re-install it by:
apt-get install mysql-server
This time, I gave a password to root user during the installation, and after the installation had been finished, I opened MySQL Workbench and used the password I gave during the installation.

lost mysql root user privelages

I using mariadb and my mysql root user lost all of privelages. so everything gives me the "access denied" now.
I tried to reinstall mysql but it's looks like the configure files not deleted.
how can I fix it when I can't access to mysql table and even can't have another fress install.
by the way I using ubuntu 16.04 and according to this question
How do I restore the MySQL root user's privileges?
I think I can't do any thing except remove mariadb completely with all configure files.
------------------update------------------
I have no problem with my password, the problem is my root user has no privelages.
please don't send solutions about changing password
Enter the following lines in your terminal.
Stop the MySQL Server.
sudo /etc/init.d/mysql stop
Start the mysqld configuration.
sudo mysqld --skip-grant-tables &
Login to MySQL as root.
mysql -u root mysql
Replace YOURNEWPASSWORD with your new password!
UPDATE user SET Password=PASSWORD('YOURNEWPASSWORD') WHERE User='root'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES; exit;

Using MySQL Workbench on Linux Mint 18

I've never had a MySQL install go smoothly. Not Mac. Not Windows. And now Linux joins the mess.
I installed mysql-server via Software Manager after a failed attempt with linuxbrew. I can actually run it in terminal, but I have to use sudo which seems odd. I don't see any examples where the user has to use sudo.
On top of that, when I run MySQL Workbench I can't connect. I get the error, Access denied for user 'root'#'localhost'
Any suggestions?
Did you install mysql from apt-get install mysql-server ? it probably asked you for a default root password (Ubuntu like systems usually do). If you have forgotten it, have no fear, the password can be reset
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/resetting-permissions.html#resetting-permissions-unix
Try doing this as linux root (sudo -i), if that doesn't work try
sudo -i
sudo mysql
and give it a shot.
Alternatively, sudo, connect to mysql and create another user account with full privileges something like
GRANT ALL ON *.* to someother user identified by ...
You cannot connect remotely with root database user since the default user created doesn't have access on '%' (remote access).
Create another user with limited rights (secure) and use it for workbench.
creating user on mysql:
create user test#'%' identified by 'test_user_password';
grant all on *.* to test; -- you can specify specific permissions/databases
flush privileges;
Try these credentials with workbench.
As far as the linux command line is concerned
mysql -uroot -p
-- hit enter, no password and see if you can get connected

Access denied for user root - mysql on MAC OS

I know how do skip this problem on ubuntu, but how can i do it on MAC OS?
How can i set password for mysql on MAC?
1) Doesn't work
mysqladmin -u root password NEWPASSWORD
2)Doesn't work
mysqld --skip-grant-tables --skip-networking &
3) This works:
mysql root password forgotten
You can do the following on Mac (El Capitan)
Open a Terminal window, use the command below to stop mysql if it's already running.
sudo /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server stop
You can also check System Preferences > MySQL to see if it is running
Start MySQL with this command:
sudo /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables
Open a new terminal window/tab:
sudo /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql -u root
This should open "mysql" prompt. Execute the following command:
$mysql> UPDATE user SET authentication_string=PASSWORD("my_password") WHERE User='root';
Troubleshooting tips:
A) The command for MySql versions before 5.7 was:
$mysql> UPDATE user SET Password=PASSWORD('my_password') where USER='root';
B) If you see ERROR 1046 (3D000): No database selected, then run this command first:
use mysql;
C) If you see unknown "Password" field error, then run this command:
UPDATE USER SET AUTHENTICATION_STRING=password('NewPassword') WHERE user='root'; $mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES; $mysql> EXIT
D) If you see - ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; It is because password function was removed in version 8.0.11. Use bare string:
UPDATE USER SET AUTHENTICATION_STRING='NewPassword' WHERE user='root';
Stop MySql server
sudo /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server stop
Restart MySQL, either through System Preferences > MySql or using a command.
The solution of
UPDATE user SET authentication_string=PASSWORD("my_password") WHERE User='root';
wasn’t working for me, but I did
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
ALTER USER 'root'#'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'MyNewPassword';
And was able to proceed. I’m using Ver 8.0.12.
You can do the following on iMac or Mac (High Sierra)
Open a Terminal window, and stop the mysql if it's already running. You can also check this System Preferences > MySQL > see if it is running.
Start MySQL with this command for skipping the main table
sudo /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables
Open a new terminal window/tab..
sudo /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql -u root
This should open "mysql" prompt. Execute the below command:
A ) MySQL 5.6 and below
UPDATE mysql.user SET password=PASSWORD('NewPassord') WHERE user='root';
-- or --
B) MySQL 5.7+
UPDATE mysql.user SET authentication_string=PASSWORD('NewPassord') WHERE user='root';
Restart MySQL, either through System Preferences > MySql or using a command.
MACOS 10.14 MOJAVE || MYSQL 8.0.15
This didn't work on my mac:
sudo /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server stop
BUT THIS ACTUALLY WORKED:
sudo /usr/local/mysql-8.0.15-macos10.14-x86_64/support-files/mysql.server stop
The installation folder might vary per user, BE AWARE!
Or just Check > System preferences > MySQL > if the server is running, stop it.
then,
Start MySQL with this command:
sudo /usr/local/mysql-8.0.15-macos10.14-x86_64/bin/mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables
Open a new terminal window/tab:
sudo /usr/local/mysql-8.0.15-macos10.14-x86_64/bin/mysql -u root
This should open "mysql" prompt. Execute the following command (*scroll right if you don't the full query):
UPDATE mysql.user SET authentication_string='your-password-goes-here' WHERE user='root' and host='localhost';
REMEMBER THAT
mysql-8.0.15-macos10.14-x86_64
(in my case) is the installation folder on your local machine, and it might or might not be different than mine because of OS versions, mysql versions, installation methods used, etc.
Very Simple Fix for MariaDB version: 10.4.6-MariaD on Mojave macOS
I have gone through all the answers. Some of them worked for me some of them not. I found one simple way to fix this on macOS or OSX. Here are the steps:
Prerequisites:
Homebrew should be installed. Use the following link to install homebrew on macOS or OSX.
Install mariadb:
brew install mariadb
Start MySQL Server: mysql.server start or run brew services start mariadb
to start MySQL Server at login to the computer.
Get into MySQL instance sudo mysql -u root
NOTE: mysql -u root will throw error ERROR 1698 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'#'localhost' so use sudo to run this command.
Now to change the password of the root user I tried the following commands:
UPDATE user SET password=PASSWORD("mypassword") WHERE User='root';
This has thrown an error: ERROR 1348 (HY000): Column 'Password' is not updatable
UPDATE user SET authentication_string=PASSWORD("mypassword") WHERE User='root';
This has thrown an error: ERROR 1348 (HY000): Column 'authentication_string' is not updatable
But the following command worked:
ALTER USER 'root'#'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'mypassword';
The response was: Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.009 sec)
So, it was a simple fix for me for the version 10.4.6-MariaD installed through brew. Hope this will help you too.
For MySQL 5.7 I had to use:
UPDATE user SET authentication_string = PASSWORD('YourNewPassword'),
password_expired = 'N' WHERE User = 'root';
sudo mysql -uroot
SET PASSWORD FOR 'root'#'localhost' = PASSWORD('new_password');
flush privileges;
Ctrl+D
mysql -uroot -pnew_password # will work now
Notice the sudo on the first line.
I used to try all solutions but nothing worked. Finally and suddenly I found the solution! I use 10.5.8-MariaDB Homebrew.
USE mysql;
SELECT user, authentication_string, plugin, host FROM mysql.user;
For some reasons authentication_string is invalid and it's what we need to fix
Then just run the command below:
ALTER USER 'root'#'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '';
I had a very hard time in fixing this issue on MAC Sierra, 10.12.6, MySql version 5.7.17
Following steps worked for me:
Open a Terminal window, use the command below to stop mysql if it's already running.
sudo /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server stop
Start MySQL with this command:
sudo /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables
Open a new terminal window/tab:
sudo /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql -u root
This will open "mysql" prompt.
Execute following command in mysql prompt one by one:
use mysql;
UPDATE user SET authentication_string = PASSWORD('my_new_password'), password_expired = 'N' WHERE User = 'root';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT
Now Stop MySql server first then start it using below commands
sudo /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server stop
sudo /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server start
Hope this solves your issue.
I discovered that in Mac Mojave, at least if you do the install straight from downloading MySQL Community Package rather than through brew, apparently you still need to insert the password you choose for 'root' through the System Preferences screen after stopping, restarting with safe mode (--skip-grant-tables), and flushing privileges. Then you can log in as root in phpMyAdmin. This was after trying at least 20 different sets of advice/instruction for fixing this, including the ones listed above on this page. Hope it helps someone!
I am using Mac and my solution is a bit different like above
cd to folder that I installed mysql. In my case it is cd /opt/homebrew/Cellar/mysql/8.0.27/bin because I used brew to install mysql
using mysqld_safe will not help. Try this syntax mysqld --skip-grant-tables &
type mysql
type FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
type ALTER USER 'root'#'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password you want';
If you see ERROR 1819 (HY000): Your password does not satisfy the current policy requirements error. Just type the password with capital letter + number + special character
Mac OSX 12.1 (Monterey)
Installed Oracle MySql: mysql Ver 8.0.28 for macos11 on x86_64 (MySQL Community Server - GPL)
Using the package install after installation it appears the root password you set does not get saved in the mysql database within the server. I tried a number of the update user commands from above and ultimately what fixed the issue was System Preferences > MySql > Initialize Database > [set password again].
Initialize DB Screen
Stop the DB and restart was able to create a session with the root user. Now that it is working I kind of want to trash it just for the headache and use mariadb instead.