ERROR

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mysqli_real_connect() (HY0001698) Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost'

Steps: 1. open terminal

# mysql -u root -p use mysql; select user, host, plugin from mysql.user; update user set plugin='mysql_native_password' where user='root'; OR update user set authentication_string=password('my_password') where user='root'; flush privileges; exit;

  systemctl status mariadb.service

  systemctl restart mariadb.service

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