Somehow I must have deleted the root user and now I am getting messsages that localhost cannot connect to the server so I pretty much can't do anything at the moment. I tried to reinstall the server but for some reason there is no root account created.
Is there some kind of hidden file on my computer that is disallowing connections from localhost despite me completely removing the server application?
Some have suggested using --skip-grant-tables and adding a root user but I just get a message that localhost can't connect to the server. It's madness, can't I just create another server instance with a root account or something?
You can create the root user using the method described in section C.5.4.1.1
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/resetting-permissions.html
However, instead of an update of the password put the following SQL in the text file:
use mysql;
insert into user (Host, User, Password) values ('localhost','root','');
update user set Select_priv='Y',Insert_priv='Y',Update_priv='Y',Delete_priv='Y',Create_priv='Y',Drop_priv='Y',Reload_priv='Y',Shutdown_priv='Y',Process_priv='Y',File_priv='Y',Grant_priv='Y',References_priv='Y',Index_priv='Y',Alter_priv='Y',Show_db_priv='Y',Super_priv='Y',Create_tmp_table_priv='Y',Lock_tables_priv='Y',Execute_priv='Y',Repl_slave_priv='Y',Repl_client_priv='Y',Create_view_priv='Y',Show_view_priv='Y',Create_routine_priv='Y',Alter_routine_priv='Y',Create_user_priv='Y' where user='root';
flush privileges;
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I have a strange issue on a web server (Windows Server 2012) with MySQL 5.7.16.
I can't connect anymore to mysql server, I don't know why.
If I type mysql -uroot -ppassword appear an error
ERROR 1130 <HY000>: Host '::1' is not allowed to connect to this MySQL server or
ERROR 1130 <HY000>: Host '127.0.0.1' is not allowed to connect to this MySQL server
I tried to use another user with all privileges and I've seen that in host there is only localhost (not 127.0.0.1 or ::1)
How can I login with root#localhost and not with root#127.0.0.1?
It's very frustrating...
Every account trying to use #127.0.0.1 or #::1 but there exist only localhost in host and I can't change it.
If I type mysql -uroot -ppassword I see
ERROR 1130 <HY000>: Host '127.0.0.1' is not allowed to connect to this MySQL server
Same if I type mysql -uroot -ppassword -h localhost or anything else
Ok i Fixed...
I've comment "skip_name_resolve" in my.ini and everything is back to work.. i really don't know why because this record was in my.ini also yesterday..last week.. last month..
The variable skip_name_resolve gives better performance because the server does not try to resolve the names of the connecting clients or look for them every time in the host name cache (even localhost is resolved/searched), but the manual states that config also limits the #localhost connections. The solution is to copy the #localhost users with #127.0.0.1, like this:
CREATE USER 'root'#'127.0.0.1' IDENTIFIED BY 'root-password';
CREATE USER 'root'#'::1' IDENTIFIED BY 'root-password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
where ::1 is localhost for IPv6 addressing. This way we keep the root and local accounts limited to the local server. Using '%' open the potential clients to the world, and we don't want that. Disabling skip_name_resolve also requires the server having an accesible and fast DNS resolver to minimize latency.
I noted that I can connect with a local phpmyadmin even if the user has #localhost; this is because phpmyadmin connects thru a local unix socket, a special type of file used to communicate between processes, and does not need networking.
EDIT: As #Francisco R noted, the new root users also should have full access to all databases by issuing the following commands:
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'root'#'127.0.0.1'
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'root'#'::1'
FLUSH PRIVILEGES
I had the same message after a fresh installation with the no-install zip and solved it as follows. Perhaps this could have been a solution for your problem too:
Stop the MySQL server or service.
Open a Command Prompt window with administrative rights and go to the bin folder in the MySQL install directory.
Start MySQL with skip-grants-table and don't forget your config file:
mysqld --defaults-file=[filename] --skip-grant-tables
Open another Command Prompt window and go to the bin folder again.
Now you can login:
mysql -u root -p
Show the users with:
SELECT user, host FROM mysql.user;
Verify there is one 'root' with host 'localhost'.
Change the host:
UPDATE mysql.user SET host='%' WHERE user='root';
Exit the mysql program and close the Command Prompt window.
Type Ctrl-C in the other Command Prompt window to stop the server, then close the Command Prompt Window.
Start MySQL as you normally would and verify that you can login.
Make sure that when you created the user you have specified % as the hostname, otherwise the user will only be able to connect from the localhost.
I came here looking for a solution using Local by flywheel for wordpress development to the same problem, BUT, in a linux machine.
Just if someone faces the same problem, the solution listed here works.
Just comment skip_name_resolve in the file conf/mysql/my.cnf.hbs under the file tree created by Local
Thanks!
Looks that you need to modify your hosts file. C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts
just add the line and save it, (to be able to edit and save you may need to open it as administrator)
127.0.0.1 localhost
I have recently installed MySQL 5.7.16 on an iMac running El Capitan. I had a few minor hiccups initially because I forgot the root password but that has now been reset and I can now log into MySQL as root user using:
$ mysql -u root -p
However, when I try to connect to MySQL server as root using SequelPro, I get the message:
Unable to connect via the socket, or the request timed out.
Double-check that the socket path is correct and that you have the necessary privileges, and that the server is running.
MySQL said: Your password has expired. To log in you must change it using a client that supports expired passwords.
When I look in /tmp folder, I was expecting to find mysql.sock but, instead, there is a file called mysql.sock.lock. Could this be causing the problem? I can't find where that .lock file has come from and I'm not sure what to do about it. Any help would be appreciated.
I'm not entirely sure what happened to cause the root password to expire but something had thrown a spanner in the works. Anyway, the solution for me was to log into MySQL from the Terminal using:
$ mysql -u root -p
...and then alter the root user's password using:
> ALTER USER 'root'#'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'NewPass';
That seemed to do the trick. I was then able to log in to MySQL using Sequel Pro with no problems.
Instead of using a socket connection, you could try connecting via Sequel Pro's standard connection using 127.0.0.1 as the host.
Thus spake the 5.7 docs:
The installation process creates only a single root account, 'root'#'localhost', automatically generates a random password for this account, and marks the password expired. The MySQL administrator must connect as root using the random password and assign a new password. (The server writes the random password to the error log.)
So, connect from terminal and change the root password.
Either your first password may not have been saved OR it just truly never persisted.
For me it was the sudo /usr/local/bin/mysql_secure_installation that may not have ever persisted the password correctly. Since your first password never changed, there is no password or ,like your error said, "expired" to nothing.
Run or rerun the code above, don't type anything for the password field and follow the steps, from the preloaded setup program.
I need to give a remote user access to a MySQL database. I also need to limit the permissions they have to the MySQL database tables. The current database contains approx. 50+ tables so rather than revoke permissions table by table, I'm trying to give the user access with no privileges and then add those that are needed. What I've done appears to work when:
I'm logged in as root (via SSH)
I login using "mysql -u username -p" - enter my password for the newly created user.
This users account honors all the privileges I've set up. However, when this user tried to connect via their desktop client - they can connect but can not view the database. When using "use databasename" they get this error:
Error Code: 1044. Access denied for user 'username'#'%' to database 'database_name'
Not sure if this helps but I'm using Media Temple DV w/ Plesk. I've first added the user. Then I SSH in and revoked ALL privileges. Then I added the privileges for the user and did command "flush privileges". Nothing is working. As I said, if I'm accessing via the command line (after SSHing in as root) the permissions are honored and I can access the database - just not remotely.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
May be network that is allowed to connect is localhost, but not users network IP.
And check max connections amount.
If you're logged in as root via SSH and MySQL database is on the same machine, then i guess that if you run:
mysql -u username -p
you try to connect to MySQL as 'username'#'localhost' user.
If you want to connect to MySQL database from outside of this server, you need to:
create user like 'username'#'%' which allow to connect to MySQL using 'username' from anywhere ('%')
allow mysql server to connect from outside by setting bind-address more details here
I'm facing a strange issue here and it seems impossible to me to connect to my MySQL database.
I have used the workbench few times ago, but it was an older version. The problem with the new one (6CE) is that I can't connect directly to a database - it only allows me to create a connection to the server as a root user and I don't remember this password.
Is there a way to make a connection directly to the dataase itself as in the previous versions, or now only the root is an option. If yes I will have to reset my password.
Make sure that your credentials are still valid, and has proper privileges. If you can log into your mysql-server from terminal (with root account or the user you are trying with), then run "SHOW GRANTS" and see the privileges;
To connect to mysql database you need to have your user account's hostname specific to your IP or wildcard (%).
Similarly you can create a new mysql user with the following command from your server, and then try with this new user.
GRANT ALL ON <db>.* TO 'user'#'<ip or %>' IDENTIFIED BY '<password>' ;
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Be careful with the user created above. It will have ALL privilege with the specific database. And using % is actually a bad idea, so user you home machines IP (from where you are trying to connect with Workbench)
I assigned a password to the root MySQL user in XAMPP some times ago. I recently tried to undo that and give it no password but it's not working.
I tried setting the password to an empty string using mysqld --skip-grant-tables and then using the mysql command line directly. It looks like it works, the root user no longer has a password, however if I login in PhpMyAdmin I cannot see any of my databases, only an "information_schema" and a "test" database. If I look at the User tab, it seems to have all the privileges though:
Any suggestion on how to fix this issue?
Note: I checked with the command line, all my databases and tables are still there, I just cannot see them in PHPMyAdmin.
Try removing the anonymous user who is allowed to connect from any host. My feeling is that that row is taking precidence over the row for root when MySQL validates the login.
If you have removed that Anonymous user and the issue still occurs, try setting a password to root and the host to localhost then connect again.