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Hi All -

I have a new droplet with Ubuntu 18.04 and am installing MySql using

sudo apt-get install mysql server

It seems to install fine but does not ask for a root password on install, I am pretty sure this is as it is expected to work.

With this from the cli I can log into it with just using ‘mysql’, while that is handy it is not very secure.

So I stop the services and use

sudo mysql_secure_installation

I go through the steps, set a root password, remove anon users, stop remote root access etc..

Restart the service

I have tried flushing privileges

I can still log in with no password.

I have then tried a couple of other methods that were outlined here, again no luck.

Any thoughts ? What am I forgetting or missing ?

I am beginning to feel real dumb.

Thanks

Answer 1

bobbyiliev MOD November 4, 2019

Hello,

I was able to replicate the same behavior at my end. What I had to do to get this fixed was:

mysql

SELECT user,authentication_string FROM mysql.user;

ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'your_pass_here';

FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

SELECT user,authentication_string FROM mysql.user;

That is pretty much it, after that you should always be prompted for a password.

Hope that this helps!
Regards,
Bobby

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