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mysql -u root -p
mysql: [ERROR] Found option without preceding group in config file /etc/my.cnf at line 1!
mysql: [ERROR] Fatal error in defaults handling. Program aborted!
root@dct-tousin:/var/lib/mysql# /etc/init.d/mysql stop
[ ok ] Stopping mysql (via systemctl): mysql.service.
No crap, your config syntax is FUBAR.
Don't just paste the whole lot into the file, that was an instruction to add the key 'skip-grant-tables' to the appropriate section in my.cnf. The error indicates that it is not.
Go read the manual.
Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action. Four times is Official GNOME Policy.