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Jun 15, 2020 at 3:03 comment added Jim Dunn I start up WSL2 fromPowerShell using WSL -u root without any password, so I am logged in as root so I don't need sudo
Jun 14, 2020 at 6:35 comment added Kulfy Do you use sudo before mysql -uroot? Is your password blank?
Jun 13, 2020 at 21:26 comment added Jim Dunn From inside WSL2 box -- I start it with: $ service mysql start then I access it with: $ mysql -uroot
Jun 13, 2020 at 19:04 comment added Kulfy How do you start MySQL in Ubuntu? Do you start with sudo mysql or mysql -u root -p?
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