title: Cant start mysql in safe mode to recover root password
body: <p>I am currentley trying to start mysql in safe mode to recover the password for root.</p>
  
  <p>I am following this <a href="https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-import-and-export-databases-and-reset-a-root-password-in-mysql" rel="nofollow noreferrer">guide here</a>:</p>
  
  <p>Here is the error I get:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/lOgG6.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/lOgG6.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>I have also tried </p>
  
  <pre><code>sudo service mysql stop
  </code></pre>