MYSQL cygwin database connection requests root password

[HECTOR MENDEZ]

Hi there,
 I tried with an empty password and "root" word a password but no luck, so far.
Thank you    El miércoles, 16 de agosto de 2023, 22:56:12 GMT-6, rappard@dds.nl <rappard@dds.nl> escribió:  
 
 > Hi everyone I saw that in order to connect MYSQL database on cygwin, this statement must be executed:
> mysql -u root -p -h 127.0.0.1
> However, as far as I know, there's no root user on cygwin.
> How can I get that requested password?

Isn't "root" a MySQL username? If I recall correctly its default
password is either empty or "root".