Answers for "error access denied for user 'root'@'localhost'"

mysql access denied for user 'root'@'localhost'

sudo mysql

ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'root';

mysql failed to login as root@localhost

UPDATE mysql.user SET plugin = 'mysql_native_password' WHERE user = 'root' AND plugin = 'unix_socket';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;