I normally code on windows and using MYSQL4.1. And mysql gem version is 2.8.1. In my setup when I use mysql gem to access the MYSQL server, I give the root username and password of the sql server. And in rails db config file, I give user name as 'root' and its password and host as 'localhost'. My rails server and Mysql server are running on the same machine.
But recently I had to do a project in which I had to access the MYSQL server installed at a client site. It is a linux machine. I am not sure of the sql server's version number. To access it I was given a username and password for SSH and the root username and root password of the SQL server also. But for accessing that machine, in the mysql new method I have to specify the ssh login and user-password instead of sql user and password.
I cant access the DB if I give the MySql root user and password.
So, mysql.new(machine's public IP, ssh login id, ssh login password, db_name) works whereaes mysql.new(machine's public IP, 'root, root password, db_name) does not work. I am not sure, I understand what is happening. So, my question is can anyone explain this login behavior? Why cant I access the mysql server with the sql server's root login and root password.
To expand a little bit on what adamaig said:
When you're logged into the MySQL console as root, do this:
use mysql;
select User, Host from user;
MySQL should give you a table with the accounts and their respective hosts. You'll probably see that root can only log in from '127.0.0.1' or 'localhost'. You'll also probably see another account with credentials identical to those of the ssh account that was given to you.
Also, I would advise against giving root permission to log in from everywhere, it is a security risk.
But, if you ssh directly into the machine (using something like PuTTY if you're on Windows), you'll be able to log in as root from there.
Sounds like you need to create a user in the remote db that allows remote login. The root account is typically not given permissions to login from '%' . Try looking at the mysql.user table to see what the permissions are. Then you might want to look at the mysql.com developer documents on setting up accounts and security. The answers there will be fuller than can be given here.
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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.
Current situation is as follows:
I have succesfully installed OpenProject on Ubuntu 14.04 server using the guide from the official website (https://www.openproject.org/open-source/download/packaged-installation-guide/). When configuring for the first time I let the configuration manager install MySQL and create the appropriate database(s).
Now I'm trying to migrate and for this to happen, I need outside access to the information_schema (schema) and database. This is supposedly done using the openproject user but I cannot seem to be able to login using this user on the commandline.
Just to be sure, I just statement below:
mysql -u openproject -D openproject -p
Then I entered the right password and press enter. It gets the default ERROR 1045.
I am however able to login using root user and debian-sys-maint user which was created on the initial install step. The password I used for these accounts were found in the file under "/etc/openproject/installer.dat". I am absolutely positive I use the correct password, for the application runs fine under said user.
Is there a setting in mysql that I am missing that would block users from making connection using the commandline utility?
Figured it out. In MySQL the host 127.0.0.1 and localhost are essentially different. User OpenProject by default gets assigned to host 127.0.0.1, so naturally connecting openproject#localhost did not work, though root account has different user profiles (4 to be exact) allowing it to connect to both localhost and 127.0.0.1 .
TLDR version:
Use the statement as follows:
mysql -u openproject -h 127.0.0.1 -p
Should do the trick.
I have mysql root username and password with me and i am on centos server. I know how to login through putty to the mysql panel.
I am in. we are also connecting the mysql through Navicat and it accepts the SSH connection to the mysql server even we do provide the username / password because the server is not directly linked.
So, what is the possibility that i can change the Password of the SSH which is doing the mysql connectivity through navicat.
how can i use the command console panel to change the SSH to change it
Please do not vote for negative as if the question is not clear, ask me before downvoting
Regards
So, Here is the Solution.
When i was logging into putty, i was doing the ssh using my username and password, the same credentials i used in navicat and bang it worked, so there was no need to change the credentials, i already got it connected to my database, sory about the confusion, hopefully one should never encounter this issue, for me it was hard to debug as i was very new to centos operating system
I have a mysql database on an unmanaged rackspace cloud server. I can connect to phpmyadmin with no issues. I checked if port 3306 is listening and it is. /etc/mysql/my.conf shows bind-address = 127.0.0.1.
When I use navicat to connect via ssh, it says SSH tunnel: Invalid username or password! I've reset my passwords and restarted mysql and the server just to make sure but I still can't connect. What can I try next to get this working?
Please connect to MySQL and run
SELECT USER(),CURRENT_USER();
What does this output ???
USER() reports how you attempted to authenticate in MySQL
CURRENT_USER() reports how you were allowed to authenticate in MySQL
If the output of these two functions do not match, you will need to create a user that matches the USER() or CURRENT_USER().
If they are both root#localhost, please run
SELECT user,host,password FROM mysql.user;
Now, visible compare if all root users have the same password.
Also, please check the contents of /etc/hosts on the server.
This not fully an answer, but I hope this helps !!!
I am trying to install drupal on remote mysql server. I have created the user in mysql and granted the the privileges.
I am able to connect through command line from my web server like this "mysql -u xxxx -h 10.xxx.yy.zz3 -p".
But when I tried to install drupal I get "SQLSTATE[28000] [1045] Access denied for user 'xxxx'#'localhost'". I have given the privileges for "xxxx"#"10.xxx.yy.zz3" but drupal appends localhost instead of IP to user name. I have changed settings.php to mysql server IP.
What am I missing?
Instead of editing the settings.php file, try the following:
The third screen during installation (Database configuration) let you set up the database on a remote MySQL server. To do so, expand Advanced options and enter the database host.
I cannot guarantee that this will work, but this is how I set up Drupal to use a remote MySQL server, and I have never had this problem. Btw, I always use the canonical domain name (e.g. mysql.example.org) and not the IP-address.