I forgot to add the following step between step 4 and 5 of the workaround:
Set back privileges for the root account with GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'root'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'SomeComplicatedPassword';
I forgot to add the following step between step 4 and 5 of the workaround:
Set back privileges for the root account with dPassword' ;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'root'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'SomeComplicate