Solved .mysql_secret not found for mysql56

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FreeBSD 10.3. Installing mysql56, but cannot find .mysql_secret in either /root or /home/USERNAME. Have reinstalled without success. Have searched for file using FIND command. Where is this file?
 
IMHO it is better to use mariadb nowadays (mysql fork).
 
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Code: 
# mysqladmin -u root password PASSWORD
mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
error: 'Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO)'
 
I see where the mis-information is - the port's pkg-message has:

Code: 
Initial password for first time use of MySQL is saved in $HOME/.mysql_secret
ie. when you want to use "mysql -u root -p" first you should see password
in /root/.mysql_secret

This just isn't true for this port.
 
Code: 
# mysqladmin -u root password 'test'
mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
error: 'Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO)'
 
Looks like the password is already set to something. You can reset it by stopping the mysql server and starting it back up with # mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables &. Login to mysql as root: mysql -u root, set the new password with the following:
Code: 
mysql> use mysql;
mysql> update user set password=PASSWORD("PASSWORD") where user='root';
mysql> flush privileges;
mysql> quit

restart mysqld with service mysql-server restartThat should fix it.
 
Datapanic said:
Looks like the password is already set to something. You can reset it by stopping the mysql server and starting it back up with # mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables &. Login to mysql as root: mysql -u root, set the new password with the following:
Code: 
mysql> use mysql;
mysql> update user set password=PASSWORD("PASSWORD") where user='root';
mysql> flush privileges;
mysql> quit

restart mysqld with service mysql-server restartThat should fix it.
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This fixed it. Thank you very much for your help. As you noted earlier, the package documentation for mysql56 tells you that there is a .mysql_secret, but I cannot find it after installing it multiple times. It seems that the password does get set to something, but since there is no .mysql_secret, one can only guess what it is.
 
Glad you got it going! Nothing more frustrating than to have ancillary problems while trying to set things up. I have MySQL 56 installed and handling 16 databases - MediWiki X2, MailScanner X3, Observium, Opensim X8, and more and never have problems. It just runs.
 
Datapanic said:
Looks like the password is already set to something. You can reset it by stopping the mysql server and starting it back up with # mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables &. Login to mysql as root: mysql -u root, set the new password with the following:
Code: 
mysql> use mysql;
mysql> update user set password=PASSWORD("PASSWORD") where user='root';
mysql> flush privileges;
mysql> quit

restart mysqld with service mysql-server restartThat should fix it.
Click to expand...

Thank you kindly. Your instructions fixed my exact issue when I was reading similiar remedies. This has tested working on FreeBSD 10.4-p3 w/ MySQL 5.6 current on ports.
 
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