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Scaleway - SSH Keys
Hello,
I have never intended to create a vps that would have it's IP known to other people, and never a "public" server or website avalible to anyone but me or a small group. However, now is the time. I brought a Scaleway dedicated instance. I have easily figured out how to use the SSH Key function. And i have saved everything & im able to login & run commands.
The issue is when installing MySQL, it asks for the root password. What can i do?
Thanks!
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It's asking for the password for the MySQL root user. This is different from the systems root user. You can choose any password.
You sure? "Enter current password for root (enter for none)".
That's the password you want to give the mysql root user.
If you are sure it's the command prompt asks for the user's password, and not the mysql root password instead, alternatively, you can try
sudo commanding, but as other people mentioned, I highly doubt that.Just click enter since you didn't set one, yet.
Run
mysql_secure_installationand set a suitable root password. You can also save the password in a .my.cnf file in /root/ so the next you need to run mysql as root you just do asudo mysql.Ex .my.cnf file:
[client] user=root password=whatever