MySQL 5.7.7 - Centos 7 el7 - Access denied

April 18, 2015 58.3k views
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Centos 7 3.10.0-123.8.1.el7.x86_64

Hi i have installed MySQL 5.7.7 from MySQL Yum Repository

rpm -Uvh http://dev.mysql.com/get/mysql-community-release-el7-5.noarch.rpm

After service mysqld start i use mysql_secure_installation then i get prompted for a password i just press enter and i get this error:

Error: Access denied for user ‘root’@'localhost’ (using password: NO)

I think i have tried everything to find the password or to reset it - but no go

here are my steps:

  1. rpm -Uvh http://dev.mysql.com/get/mysql-community-release-el7-5.noarch.rpm
  2. nano /etc/yum.repos.d/mysql-community.repo
  3. Set MySQL 5.6 enabled=0 and set MySQL 5.7 enabled=1
  4. yum install mysql-community-server
  5. service mysqld start
  6. mysql_secure_installation

Error: Access denied for user 'root’@'localhost’ (using password: NO)

any help is appreciated.

6 comments
  • sameershah29 November 5, 2015

    MySQL v 5.7 or higher generates a temporary random password after installation and stored that in mysql error log file, located at /var/log/mysqld.log
    for an installation by the MySQL Yum repository on CentOS 7.

    use below command to see the password:
    shell > sudo grep ‘temporary password’ /var/log/mysqld.log

  • djwalters January 9, 2016

    GOLD STAR FOR YOU! I’ve been fighting this all morning, only to find out that a default password had been set!

    Thanks a bunch!

  • techjunkeez June 28, 2016

    WOW. You know what? I found it necessary to create an account just to be able to comment to thank you for an awesome solution. Been wandering around and I finally found this. Thank you very much!

  • sohail0 August 10, 2016

    Yeah, thank you, sameershah29. You shared awesome resolution, I truly appreciate it.

  • martianworm17 June 9, 2017

    Thank you very much for this. :)

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1 Answer
nizhnyk July 5, 2015

I know this is old and you probably figured it out by now, but this is the first link that comes up when I searched for it and I want others to find solution.

A temporary, random root password is generated and stored in the error log, which is /var/log/mysqld.log for an installation by the MySQL Yum repository. You can use this command to see the password:

shell > sudo grep 'temporary password' /var/log/mysqld.log

(Source https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/linux-installation-yum-repo.html)

For me the password generated after actually starting mysql server.

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