If you didn’t change this password you can find the default one in the setup.txt, use the command below to see the contents of /usr/local/directadmin/scripts/setup.txt:

your password is stored in the line starting with “mysql=”

To see the contents of this file from a terminal, type:

less /usr/local/directadmin/scripts/setup.txt

If you want to access mysql from ssh or console directly without typing password, create a file in /root/ dir called .my.cnf:

touch /root/.my.cnf

and edit this file with the vi editor:

vi /root/.my.cnf

Add the lines below:

[client]
 user=root
 password=XXXXXX

Fill the password with the pass you got from setup.txt, save the file with SHIFT+ZZ or :wq and exit. After this step just write mysql to enter MySQL console directly without password.

[root@test ~]# mysql
 Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
 Your MySQL connection id is 169833
 Server version: 5.0.77-log MySQL Community Edition (GPL)
Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.
mysql>

..

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