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I'm currently trying to install mySQL server on a centos6.5 server. I do not have a root password because i use a SSH Key Pair to access the server.

During the installation process the prompt says:

"In order to log into MySQL to secure it, we'll need the current password for the root user. If you've just installed MySQL, and you haven't set the root password yet, the password will be blank, so you should just press enter here."

Pressing enter without giving a password then gives this prompt:

Setting the root password ensures that nobody can log into the MySQL root user without the proper authorization. Set root password? [Y/n]

Is this asking me to create a root password for the server or a separate root password just for mysql? If it wants to set a server root password, is there a way to secure mysql without having a set server root password?

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    It's the password for the root user within MySQL. It has no bearing on the OS's root user: the MySQL root user
    – user143703
    May 8, 2015 at 22:33
  • Ok thank you. It would be so much clearer if the prompt said set MySQL root password instead of just root password.
    – MSQLnoob020983
    May 8, 2015 at 22:36

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Is this asking me to create a root password for the server or a separate root password just for mysql?

It is asking you to setup a root password for MySQL only. Not a root password for your server OS.

MySQL does not take care about operating system root password. It is only interested about its own root password to protect itself.

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