Secure MySQL 5.7 installation
With the release of MySQL 5.7, I was pleasantly surprised to see the install generated a random, secure password. This prevented me from going through the normal step of running mysql_secure_installation
after starting and enabling services. To find the generated password, issue one of the commands below:
On RHEL/CentOS/Fedora
grep 'temporary password' /var/log/mysqld.log
On SLES
grep 'temporary password' /var/log/mysql/mysqld.log
After issuing one of these commands, I was able to resume running the mysql_secure_installation
.