From: Tim Johnson
Date: October 19 2011 1:38am
Subject: Re: mysql server does not recognize user password
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* Claudio Nanni <claudio.nanni@stripped> [111018 17:02]:
> FLUSH PRIVILEGES is not needed when you use GRANT/REVOKE/CREATE USER
> etc....,
> 
> Usually this problem comes when you have the anonymous user in the grant
> tables (''),
> MySQL has a tricky way of processing the grant tables.
> 
> Sometimes you can be surprised by what you read issuing:
> 
> SELECT USER(),CURRENT_USER();
linus:~ tim$ sudo mysql
Password:
.....
mysql> SELECT USER(),CURRENT_USER();
+----------------+----------------+
| USER()         | CURRENT_USER() | 
+----------------+----------------+
| root@localhost | root@localhost | 
+----------------+----------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
...hmm... on my linux box, where all works, I see
 'tim@localhost' 
> try this:
> 
> mysql -utim -psecret -h127.0.0.1 -P3306
linus:~ tim$ mysql -utim -p****** -h127.0.0.1 -P3306
  ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'tim'@'localhost' (using password: NO)

Thanks. 
-- 
Tim 
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