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• you can confirm root password is empty from error log

$ grep password /var/log/mysql/error.log

• connect mysql as a root user and initialize

$ sudo mysql -uroot 


mysql> ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

• set password

$ mysqladmin --user=root password