mysql/mariadb root user get ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied without sudo

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2275033

Thanks for
sergerod &
nerdtron

I had fixed my problem.

What I did is to combine their commands.

Do nerdron's answer first.

Here's what I did and saved my MariaDB.

Stop mysql:

1. /etc/init.d/mysql stop and killall -9 mysqld

Make sure no mysqld is exist.

Run mysql with skip grants to be able to login without any password

2. mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables &

Login as root

3. mysql -u root

then is sergerod's.

[mysql] use mysql;

[mysql] update user set password=PASSWORD("NEW-ROOT-PASSWORD-HERE") where User='root'; # first reset root password, in case you set root password before

[mysql] update user set plugin='' where User='root'; # then set plugin as null

[mysql] flush privileges;

[mysql] \q or exit

and then:

/etc/init.d/mysql stop (or service mysql stop) andkillall -9 mysqld

and start the mysql thru

service mysql start or /etc/init.d/mysql restart

and all is done!

Also I made a script, please go to http://zhxq.io/?p=99

and I tested my script, it is functional.

It's hard to stop mysqld by the script...... so the script sometimes doesn't work (rarely).

All in all, thanks dude!