create database using sudo mysql -u=root

问题:

I am having problem rightnow because when I am logging in on mysql using command line via mysql -u=root it gives me an error like this ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)

but when I try to use sudo mysql -u=root I manage to go to mysql promp mysql> the problem is when I try to create a database using the command create database dbname I got an error that says ERROR 1044 (42000): Access denied for user ''@'localhost' to database 'dbname'

Additional informaion:

mysql> select user();

+--------------------+
| user()             |
+--------------------+
| =root@localhost    |
+--------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

回答1:

To create a database Log into MySQL as root, like this:

sudo mysql -h localhost -u root -p

回答2:

Try to connect with

sudo mysql -u root