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I'm trying to reset my mariadb password following this site -> https://www.rosehosting.com/blog/how-to-reset-your-mariadb-root-password/
but when I enter mysql -u root I get the following error:

ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2 "No such file or directory")

Any ideas? Thanks.

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I won't pretend that I know what I'm talking about, but did you shut down the MySQL service first as in the instructions?

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Indeed.

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