Have a question that I can't seem to find an answer for. I am trying to connect to a remote database. I type in the following to my Ubuntu shell:
mysql -u test -h mysql.domain.com -p
mysql asks for my password and then outputs the following:
ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'test'#'externalit.domain.com' (using password: YES)
The problem is that I am not on externalit. I am on a completely different host. I think that the server I am on was cloned from externalit, but I didn't set the server up. My question: does mysql have a conf file or other setting that may be automatically entering an incorrect hostname? Can I change this?
That's the name that the server thinks goes with your IP address. It could be do to a DNS setting (it's trying a reverse-DNS), or something in the /etc/host file (mapping that IP to that host).
You need to make sure the reverse DNS on the machine you are connecting from matches the address for the user.
If you are on a shared IP or can't control the reverse DNS then change the permissions on the user to 'test'#'%' this will allow anyone from any ip address connect as long as they have the correct username/password pair. of course this opens up some security issues.
You can prevent mysql from doing reverse lookups and then use 'test'#'123.123.123' as the user/host but unless you are on a fixed IP that could cause issues.
DC
Try adding a protocol option:
mysql -u test -h mysql.domain.com --protocol=tcp -p
and/or try adding a port explicitly:
mysql -u test -h mysql.domain.com -P3306 --protocol=tcp -p
(see: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/mysql-command-options.html#option_mysql_protocol)
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I have MySQL setup in a PC on my local network, how do I connect to it?
I also have MySQL installed on this computer (which I want to use to connect to the database).
I tried the following but it's not working:
mysql -u user -h 192.168.1.28:3306 -p password
ERROR 2005 (HY000): Unknown MySQL server host '192.168.1.28:3306' (0)
EDIT
Thanks for your help. Anyway, I connect without 3306 and I have another problem. MACBOOK is the name of my client computer.
mysql -u user -ppassword -h 192.168.1.28
ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'user'#'MACBOOK' (using password: YES)
Thanks.
That was a very useful question! Since we need to run the application with a centralized database, we should give the privileges to that computer in LAN to access the particular database hosted in LAN PC. Here is the solution for that!
Go to MySQL server
Type the following code to grant access for other pc:
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'root'#'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'root_password';
then type:
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Replace % with the IP you want to grant access for!
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If you use or have MySQL Workbench on the MySQL Server PC you can do this with just a few clicks. Recommend only for development environment.
Connect to MySQL Server
Find this option Users and Privileges from Navigator and click on it.
Select root user and change value for Limit to Hosts Matching to %.
The click Apply at the bottom.
This should enable root user to access MySQL Server from remote machine.
Since you have MySQL on your local computer, you do not need to bother with the IP address of the machine. Just use localhost:
mysql -u user -p
or
mysql -hlocalhost -u user -p
If you cannot login with this, you must find out what usernames (user#host) exist in the MySQL Server locally. Here is what you do:
Step 01) Startup MySQL so that no passwords are require no passwords and denies TCP/IP connections
service mysql restart --skip-grant-tables --skip-networking
Keep in mind that standard SQL for adding users, granting and
revoking privileges are disabled.
Step 02) Show users and hosts
select concat(''',user,'''#''',host,'''') userhost,password from mysql.user;
Step 03) Check your password to make sure it works
select user,host from mysql.user where password=password('YourMySQLPassword');
If your password produces no output for this query, you have a bad
password.
If your password produces output for this query, look at the users
and hosts. If your host value is '%', your should be able to connect
from anywhere. If your host is 'localhost', you should be able to
connect locally.
Make user you have 'root'#'localhost' defined.
Once you have done what is needed, just restart mysql normally
service mysql restart
If you are able to connect successfully on the macbook, run this
query:
SELECT USER(),CURRENT_USER();
USER() reports how you attempted to authenticate in MySQL
CURRENT_USER() reports how you were allowed to authenticate in
MySQL
Let us know what happens !!!
UPDATE 2012-02-13 20:47 EDT
Login to the remote server and repeat Step 1-3
See if any user allows remote access (i.e, host in mysql.user is '%'). If you do not, then add 'user'#'%' to mysql.user.
Follow a simple checklist:
Try pinging the machine ping 192.168.1.2
Ensure MySQL is running on the specified port 3306 i.e. it has not been modified.
Ensure that the other PC is not blocking inbound connections on that port. If it is, add a firewall exception to allow connections on port 3306 and allow inbound connections in general.
It would be nice if you could post the exact error as it is displayed when you attempt to make that connection.
mysql -u user -h 192.168.1.2 -p
This should be enough for connection to MySQL server.
Please, check the firewall of 192.168.1.2 if remote connection to MySQL server is enabled.
Regards
In Ubuntu Follow these steps:
Set bind-address at /etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d
Change bind-address = 127.0.0.1 to bind-address = 192.24.805.50 # your IP
Grant permission for the remote machine
mysql>GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'root'#'[remoteip]' IDENTIFIED
BY 'anypassword' WITH GRANT OPTION;
Then try connect from remote machine
mysql -u root -h 192.24.805.50 -p
Connecting to any mysql database should be like this:
$mysql -h hostname -Pportnumber -u username -p (then enter)
Then it will ask for password. Note: Port number should be closer to -P or it will show error. Make sure you know what is your mysql port. Default is 3306 and is optional to specify the port in this case. If its anything else you need to mention port number with -P or else it will show error.
For example:
$mysql -h 10.20.40.5 -P3306 -u root -p (then enter)
Password:My_Db_Password
Gubrish about product you using.
mysql>_
Note: If you are trying to connect a db at different location make sure you can ping to that server/computer.
$ping 10.20.40.5
It should return TTL with time you got back PONG.
If it says destination unreachable then you cannot connect to remote mysql no matter what.
In such case contact your Network Administrator or Check your cable connection to your computer till the end of your target computer. Or check if you got LAN/WAN/MAN or internet/intranet/extranet working.
actually you shouldn't specify port in the host name. Mysql has special option for port (if port differs from default)
kind of
mysql --host=192.168.1.2 --port=3306
You don't have to specify ':3306' after the IP, it's the default port for MySQL.
And if your MySQL server runs with another port than 3306, then you have to add '-P [port]' instead of adding it to the IP address.
The MySQL client won't recognize the syntax "host:port", you HAVE to use -P [port] instead.
And btw, if you use '-p password', it won't work and will ask you the password again. You have to stick the password to the -p : -ppassword. (still, it's a very bad habit, because anyone that could do a PS on your server could see the plain password...)
You should use this:
>mysql -u user -h 192.168.1.2 -P 3306 -ppassword
or this:
>mysql -u user -h 192.168.1.2 -ppassword
...because 3306 is a default port number.
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I have two users set up, one is testuser#localhost and one is testuser#111.111.11.111 for example. When I do the following command from ubuntu 20.04 prompt:
mysql -u testuser -p it prompts me for a password and logs me on to testuser#localhost. If I try something like mysql -u 'testuser'#'111.111.11.111' -p it assumes it is localhost and gives an error message Access denied for user 'testuser#111.111.11.111'#'localhost'. How do I specify and log on as a non localhost user?
I found the command, it is mysql -h 111.111.11.111 -u testuser -p. For some reason I am not able to logon with the user with the ip address specified. I keep getting a 2003 error which indicates some kind of configuration issue. Can't connect to MySQL server on ' server ' (10061) indicates that the network connection has been refused.
Let me edit this to make more sense in what I am trying to do. Eventually there will be two mysql servers, say one on ip address 111.111.11.111 and one on 111.111.11.112 for example. I want to be able from a php script running on 111.1111.11.111 be able to access data from a table on 111.111.11.112 for example. I am just now first trying to logon to the first server which is running a mysql database using the user name and ip address of the host.
I will post the answer to the original question which is to include a host parameter in the logon command as follows:
mysql -h 111.111.11.111 -u testuser -p
i have a problem with our new database. The only way to access the database is throw a SSH tunnel. But it doesn't work...
I use following commands:
sshpass -p <PASSWORD> ssh <USER>#<DOMAIN> -p <PORT> -L 3306:localhost:3306 -f -N
I think the ssh tunnel works and is established.
Now I want to connect via Shell-File the database.
deposit=`mysql -h localhost --port=3306 -u <DATABASEUSER> --password=<DATABASEPASSWORD> --skip-column-names -e "<MYSQLSYNTAX>"`
But there is always folowing error:
ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user '<DATABASEUSER>'#'localhost' (using password: YES)
Do you have any ideas or am I doing something wrong?
Thank you very much!
Assuming all your permissions are okay, it may be worth swapping localhost for 127.0.0.1.
As per the MySQL docs: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/connecting.html
On Unix, MySQL programs treat the host name localhost specially, in a
way that is likely different from what you expect compared to other
network-based programs. For connections to localhost, MySQL programs
attempt to connect to the local server by using a Unix socket file.
This occurs even if a --port or -P option is given to specify a port
number. To ensure that the client makes a TCP/IP connection to the
local server, use --host or -h to specify a host name value of
127.0.0.1, or the IP address or name of the local server.
As I understand you are trying to create a tunnel between your computer and a remote computer that's running SQL server. In your ssh command substitute 3306:localhost:3306 with the remote computer IP address. Note this should be its internal local IP address if you are not in the same local network as the remote computer. Check your SQL Database permissions, username and password as well.
I have MySQL setup in a PC on my local network, how do I connect to it?
I also have MySQL installed on this computer (which I want to use to connect to the database).
I tried the following but it's not working:
mysql -u user -h 192.168.1.28:3306 -p password
ERROR 2005 (HY000): Unknown MySQL server host '192.168.1.28:3306' (0)
EDIT
Thanks for your help. Anyway, I connect without 3306 and I have another problem. MACBOOK is the name of my client computer.
mysql -u user -ppassword -h 192.168.1.28
ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'user'#'MACBOOK' (using password: YES)
Thanks.
Users who can Install MySQL Workbench on MySQL Server Machine
If you use or have MySQL Workbench on the MySQL Server PC you can do this with just a few clicks. Recommend only for development environment.
Connect to MySQL Server
Find this option Users and Privileges from Navigator and click on it.
Select root user and change value for Limit to Hosts Matching to %.
The click Apply at the bottom.
This should enable root user to access MySQL Server from remote machine.
That was a very useful question! Since we need to run the application with a centralized database, we should give the privileges to that computer in LAN to access the particular database hosted in LAN PC. Here is the solution for that!
Go to MySQL server
Type the following code to grant access for other pc:
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'root'#'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'root_password';
then type:
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Replace % with the IP you want to grant access for!
Since you have MySQL on your local computer, you do not need to bother with the IP address of the machine. Just use localhost:
mysql -u user -p
or
mysql -hlocalhost -u user -p
If you cannot login with this, you must find out what usernames (user#host) exist in the MySQL Server locally. Here is what you do:
Step 01) Startup MySQL so that no passwords are require no passwords and denies TCP/IP connections
service mysql restart --skip-grant-tables --skip-networking
Keep in mind that standard SQL for adding users, granting and
revoking privileges are disabled.
Step 02) Show users and hosts
select concat(''',user,'''#''',host,'''') userhost,password from mysql.user;
Step 03) Check your password to make sure it works
select user,host from mysql.user where password=password('YourMySQLPassword');
If your password produces no output for this query, you have a bad
password.
If your password produces output for this query, look at the users
and hosts. If your host value is '%', your should be able to connect
from anywhere. If your host is 'localhost', you should be able to
connect locally.
Make user you have 'root'#'localhost' defined.
Once you have done what is needed, just restart mysql normally
service mysql restart
If you are able to connect successfully on the macbook, run this
query:
SELECT USER(),CURRENT_USER();
USER() reports how you attempted to authenticate in MySQL
CURRENT_USER() reports how you were allowed to authenticate in
MySQL
Let us know what happens !!!
UPDATE 2012-02-13 20:47 EDT
Login to the remote server and repeat Step 1-3
See if any user allows remote access (i.e, host in mysql.user is '%'). If you do not, then add 'user'#'%' to mysql.user.
Follow a simple checklist:
Try pinging the machine ping 192.168.1.2
Ensure MySQL is running on the specified port 3306 i.e. it has not been modified.
Ensure that the other PC is not blocking inbound connections on that port. If it is, add a firewall exception to allow connections on port 3306 and allow inbound connections in general.
It would be nice if you could post the exact error as it is displayed when you attempt to make that connection.
mysql -u user -h 192.168.1.2 -p
This should be enough for connection to MySQL server.
Please, check the firewall of 192.168.1.2 if remote connection to MySQL server is enabled.
Regards
In Ubuntu Follow these steps:
Set bind-address at /etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d
Change bind-address = 127.0.0.1 to bind-address = 192.24.805.50 # your IP
Grant permission for the remote machine
mysql>GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'root'#'[remoteip]' IDENTIFIED
BY 'anypassword' WITH GRANT OPTION;
Then try connect from remote machine
mysql -u root -h 192.24.805.50 -p
Connecting to any mysql database should be like this:
$mysql -h hostname -Pportnumber -u username -p (then enter)
Then it will ask for password. Note: Port number should be closer to -P or it will show error. Make sure you know what is your mysql port. Default is 3306 and is optional to specify the port in this case. If its anything else you need to mention port number with -P or else it will show error.
For example:
$mysql -h 10.20.40.5 -P3306 -u root -p (then enter)
Password:My_Db_Password
Gubrish about product you using.
mysql>_
Note: If you are trying to connect a db at different location make sure you can ping to that server/computer.
$ping 10.20.40.5
It should return TTL with time you got back PONG.
If it says destination unreachable then you cannot connect to remote mysql no matter what.
In such case contact your Network Administrator or Check your cable connection to your computer till the end of your target computer. Or check if you got LAN/WAN/MAN or internet/intranet/extranet working.
actually you shouldn't specify port in the host name. Mysql has special option for port (if port differs from default)
kind of
mysql --host=192.168.1.2 --port=3306
You don't have to specify ':3306' after the IP, it's the default port for MySQL.
And if your MySQL server runs with another port than 3306, then you have to add '-P [port]' instead of adding it to the IP address.
The MySQL client won't recognize the syntax "host:port", you HAVE to use -P [port] instead.
And btw, if you use '-p password', it won't work and will ask you the password again. You have to stick the password to the -p : -ppassword. (still, it's a very bad habit, because anyone that could do a PS on your server could see the plain password...)
You should use this:
>mysql -u user -h 192.168.1.2 -P 3306 -ppassword
or this:
>mysql -u user -h 192.168.1.2 -ppassword
...because 3306 is a default port number.
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I am trying to connect to my mysql database on a remote server (via ssh) through the command:
mysql -u me -h mydomain.com -p
But it fails with a ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user.. error
While
mysql -u me -h localhost -p
Works
Now this isn't just because I have not setup permissions, because the permissions to this database are set for % or any host for the me user.
This is proved by the fact that I can connect correctly from my local machine to the server, using the same user. i.e. running the following command from my local machine works:
mysql -u me -h mydomain.com -p
So my question why does this happen and how can I fix it? Why can I not connect to my mysql server from my server when I use the domain name instead of localhost, even though the permissions are setup to accept connections from any host.
This happens because of the way MySQL handles permission grants.
When you connect from a remote host (or from the local host via an external IP), it will match the me#% entry (if there is no specific grant for the particular host you're using!). But when you connect via the loopback interface (the "localhost" IP) or a socket, it will use the me#localhost grant. So you must have two GRANT PRIVILEGES; one for me#localhost and one for me#%.