I installed a LAMP on Ubuntu 12.04 using “Application” when creating the droplet I received an email containing my root password. buy mysql is refusing to take this password and is constantly tell the password is wrong
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MySQL’s root password is not the same as your droplet’s root password. <br> <br>Log in to your droplet via SSH and it will tell you how to change MySQL’s root password.
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