ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user ‘root’@’localhost’ (using password: NO)

By mkyong | Updated: November 2, 2018

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Try to log into the MySQL server, but it prompts the following error message:

$ mysql 
ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO)

1. Solution – (using password: NO)

The user ‘root’ need a password to log into the MySQL server. To solve it, please provide a password with -p flag while connecting to MySQL server.

$ mysql -u root -p
Enter password:

Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 27
Server version: 5.7.24 MySQL Community Server (GPL)

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2. Solution – (using password: YES)

If you hits this (using password: YES) error :

ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES)

This means you are provided an invalid password.