Fixed it!
Did the following:
mysql -u root -p
mysql> use mysql;
update user set password=PASSWORD("password") where User='root';
mysql> flush privileges;
mysql> quit
I am now able to login using my SequelPro MySQL client! :-)
Happy programming,
James
On Oct 14, 2009, at 1:00 PM, James Dekker wrote:
> Claudio,
>
> Thank you for the tip... Unfortunately, I tried your suggestion and
> it still didn't work!
>
> mysqladmin -u root -p root
> Enter password: (I entered root here)
> mysqladmin: Unknown command: 'root'
>
> When I tried it again (this time leaving the password as blank):
>
> mysqladmin -u root -p root
> Enter password:
> mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
> error: 'Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password:
> NO)'
>
> Is there anyway to get past this issue? I really wish that I didn't
> grant the extra privileges! :-(
>
> Happy programming,
>
> James
>
> On Oct 14, 2009, at 12:25 PM, Claudio Nanni wrote:
>
>> Add -p to your mysqladmin statement to change password and use
>> 'root' as password.
>> you wanted to give extra grants to root but you just set the
>> password for root@localhost.
>> you don't need to grant anything to root, usually.
>> cheers
>> Claudio
>>
>>
>>> On Oct 14, 2009 9:07 PM, "James Dekker" <james.dekker@stripped>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello there,
>>>
>>> I have been using MySQL 5 on my OS X Leopard based laptop for
>>> quite some time now...
>>>
>>> Didn't have a password set and my login was "root" on localhost.
>>>
>>> Downloaded just now the Spring distribution was following the
>>> steps to run the petclinic sample application.
>>>
>>> Ran the following scripts to set up petclinic:
>>>
>>> CREATE DATABASE petclinic;
>>>
>>> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON petclinic.* TO root@localhost IDENTIFIED
>>> BY 'root';
>>>
>>> Now, when I try to login to MySQL using the SequelPro client:
> http://www.sequelpro.com/
>>>
>>> I am unable to login!
>>>
>>> This is the error Sequel Pro and also the command line states when
>>> I login as root with no password (which was working before I ran
>>> the petclinic script):
>>>
>>> "Unable to connect to host because access was denied.
>>>
>>> Double-check your username and password and ensure that access
>>> from your current location is permitted.
>>>
>>> MySQL said: Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using
>>> password: NO)"
>>>
>>> Does anyone know what's wrong? I am not unable to access any of my
>>> local databases!
>>>
>>> How can I revert this?
>>>
>>> When I tried (from the command line):
>>>
>>> mysqladmin -u root password 'newpassword'
>>>
>>> I got this message:
>>>
>>> mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
>>> error: 'Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password:
>>> NO)'
>>>
>>> Would really appreciate it if someone could help me resolve this
>>> issue...
>>>
>>> Thank you for taking the time to read this,
>>>
>>> James
>>>
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