What is the default root pasword for MySQL 5.7

Question

Cannot login to MySQL database after fresh install with root ID and empty/no password like other older MySQL versions do

Answer 1

After you installed MySQL-community-server 5.7 from fresh on linux, you will need to find the temporary password from /var/log/mysqld.log to login as root.

1. grep 'temporary password' /var/log/mysqld.log
2. Run mysql_secure_installation to change new password

ref: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/linux-installation-yum-repo.html