MYSQL Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' -

i did following steps use mysql in ubuntu:

sudo aptitude install php5-mysql mysql-server sudo service mysql stop sudo mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables & sudo mysql -u root mysql 

change root password:

mysql> update mysql.user set password=password('securepassword') user='root'; mysql> flush privileges; mysql> exit 

modify /etc/mysql/my.cnf:

[client] user=root password=securepassword [mysqld] ... default-time-zone = '+0:00' 

then:

sudo service mysql start mysql -u root mysql> show grants root@localhost +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+  | grants root@localhost |  +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+  | grant usage on *.* 'root'@'localhost' identified password '[here securepassword]' |  +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+  1 row in set (0.00 sec)   mysql> grant privileges on *.* 'root'@'localhost'  grant option; 

and receive error:

access denied user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: yes)

it absolutely correct did, guess it's not working 1 small reason.

you should use identified password when going grant privileges this:

mysql> grant privileges 1 `*`.`*` 'root'@'localhost' identified password '*a4b6157319038724e3560894f7f932c8886ebfcf' grant option;