In that example we have configured for root user to login to MySQL without Credentials.
[root@ip-172-xx-xx-x ~]# mysql_config_editor set --user=root --login-path=client --password
Enter password:
[root@ip-172-xx-xx-x ~]# mysql
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Your MySQL connection id is 15
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mysql> select user();
+----------------+
| user() |
+----------------+
| root@localhost |
+----------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)