Anybody else having this issue? Pin 9.7 LTS to my Ubuntu 22.04 LTS repo: wget https://dev.mysql.com/get/mysql-apt-config_0.8.39-1_all.deb sudo dpkg -i mysql-apt-config_0.8.39-1_all.deb Selected 9.7 LTS in step above, now install 9.7 LTS: sudo apt update sudo apt install mysql-server Above step asks for password, but says I can leave it blank if I want to use auth socket instead. This is my preference, so I leave it blank. Now finish installation: sudo mysql_secure_installation If I leave password empty it says "Sorry, you can't use an empty password here" If I enter a password it says (presumably because auth socket was selected during install mysql-server): " ... Failed! Error: SET PASSWORD has no significance for user 'root'@'localhost' as the authentication method used doesn't store authentication data in the MySQL server.…