如果你没有足够的特权，就会发生这种情况。

输入su，输入root密码后重试。

对于Ubuntu/Debian用户

(它可能适用于其他发行版，尤其是基于debian的发行版。)

运行以下命令以root身份连接(不需要任何密码)

sudo /usr/bin/mysql --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf

如果你不想每次以根用户连接时都添加——defaults-file，你可以将/etc/mysql/debian.cnf复制到你的主目录:

sudo cp /etc/mysql/debian.cnf ~/.my.cnf

然后:

sudo mysql

在设置mysql-8 zip版本时，我得到了同样的错误。最后，切换到无缝工作的安装版本。在安装过程中，会提示设置root密码。一旦设置好，它就一定能工作。

'-p'参数不要求参数名和值之间有空格。

而不是

./mysqladmin -u root -p 'redacted'

Use

./mysqladmin -u root -p'redacted'

或者只是

./mysqladmin -u root -p

这将提示您输入密码。

在我的Debian 10的情况下，错误

ERROR 1698 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost'

(好方法)解决了

sudo mysql -u root -p mysql

不好的方法:

mysql -u root -p mysql

修复macOS

Install MySQL from https://downloads.mysql.com/archives/community/ (8.x is the latest as on date, but ensure that the version is compatible with the macOS version) Give password for root (let <root-password> be the password) during installation (don't forget to remember the password!) Select Use Legacy Password Encryption option (that is what I had used and did not try for Use Strong Password Encryption option) Search and open MySQL.prefPane (use search tool) Select Configuration tab Click Select option of Configuration File Select /private/etc/my.cnf From terminal open a new or existing file with name /etc/my.cnf (vi /etc/my.cnf) add the following content: [mysqld] skip-grant-tables Restart mysqld as follows: ps aux | grep mysql kill -9 <pid1> <pid2> ... (grab pids of all MySQL related processes) mysqld gets restarted automatically Verify that the option is set by running the following from terminal: ps aux | grep mysql > mysql/bin/mysqld ... --defaults-file=/private/etc/my.cnf ... (output) Run the following command to connect (let mysql-<version>-macos<version>-x86_64 be the folder where MySQL is installed. To grab the actual folder, run ls /usr/local/ and copy the folder name): /usr/local/mysql-<version>-macos<version>-x86_64/bin/mysql -uroot -p<root-password>