MySQL Error: : ‘Access denied for user ‘root’@’localhost’

Consider: ./mysqladmin -u root -p** ‘_redacted_’ Output (including typing the password): Enter password: mysqladmin: connect to server at ‘localhost’ failed error: ‘Access denied for user ‘root’@’localhost’ (using password: YES)’ How can I fix this? 26 Answers 26 All solutions I found were much more complex than necessary and none worked for me. Here is the … Read more