By mattlintz
Just set up my first droplet - LAMP on Ubuntu 12.04 What would be the password for mysql -
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sudo mysql_install_db
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<br>after running the above command its asking for the password.
<br>this is my first installation of mysql
<br>what password should i give here
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<br>please help me as soon as possible
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@harish.pemmasani: What OS are you using? Did you install MySQL yourself? If so, you’ll need to enter the root password you chose while installing MySQL. <br> <br>If you’re using the LAMP stack image with MySQL pre-installed, the root password is set to ‘password’ by default.
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