Thanks. Tried it with no luck. Moreover, I get the same results as below when I try to connect with the mysql client from a different machine. Really bizarre behavior. I have a 4.1 alpha running at home on my XP box. I will do some testing there tonight to see if it's something I'm doing unique to that box.
Lou ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Nelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lou Olsten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 5:21 PM Subject: Re: Creating Users and Passwords > In the last episode (Apr 29), Lou Olsten said: > > I thought I had a handle on this, but now I'm all screwed up. > > > > MySQL 4.1.1a-alpha-max-debug-log > > Windows 2000 Server > > > > I'm trying to create a user roby with a password of 'foo' with access to everything. Here's what happens: > > > > - Sign in as root on the local host. > > - GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO roby@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'foo' WITH GRANT OPTION; > > - On same machine, try to login with: mysql -u roby -pfoo -h localhost > > - Receive: ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user: 'roby'@'localhost' (Using password: YES) > > Remember that localhost is a special keyword that refers to the > unix-domain socket, and will not be matched with a wildcard '%' hostname. > Use -h 127.0.0.1 or -h <publicip> if you are on the same machine as the > server and want to test remote privs. > > -- > Dan Nelson > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
