Which password on mysql upgrade?

[Murray Eisenberg]

I’m upgrading msql56 -> mysql57.

Step 6 in Documentation at https://trac.macports.org/wiki/howto/MySQL <https://trac.macports.org/wiki/howto/MySQL> says:

  "If the database exists from a previous installation, you may need to upgrade.”

After unloading mysql57-server, as recommended there I execute:

    sudo /opt/local/lib/mysql57/bin/mysql_upgrade -u root -p

After Question: which password should be entered in response to the prompt: my macOS admin account’s password or the mysql root’s password?

Or, if both are required, which do I enter first?

If I just enter my macOS admin account’s password, I get error”

   mysql_upgrade: Got error: 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/opt/local/var/run/mysql57/mysqld.sock' (2) 
  while connecting to the MySQL server
  Upgrade process encountered error and will not continue.

On the other hand, if I start mysql57-server and then execute

   mysql -u root -p

and give the mysql database root password, I can successfully interact with the mysql sever (e.g., “show databases”).

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