The MySQL ODBC driver v3.51 acts as a pre-4.1 MySQL client. That means it does not use the new (v4.1+) password hashing.
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/Password_hashing.html http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/Access_denied.html http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/Old_client.html I would create a new user just for your ODBC connection.(Use a GRANT statement with all of the correct bells and whistles for your situation) http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/GRANT.html GRANT SELECT on *.* to 'remoteuser'@'%' Then reset the password to the OLD hashing style UPDATE mysql.user set password=OLD_PASSWORD('plaintextpassword") where user='remoteuser'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES; My example creates a pre-4.1 user account on your 4.1+ server for the user 'remoteuser' with read-only rights to all databases on your server with permission to login from anywhere. Adjust it to suit your situation. One other gotcha that I had to figure out on my own... I had to declare an initial database in my ODBC connection (DSN). Without it my connections kept failing (sorry but I don't remember the exact message) even when everything else was fine. Shawn Green Database Administrator Unimin Corporation - Spruce Pine "Ferguson, Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 11/12/2004 10:30:14 AM: > > G'Day All, > > I am going nuts trying to setup ODBC to my MySQL database. Help Please. > My workstation is WinXP Pro. I downloaded the MySQL ODBC 3.51, unzipped > it and am trying to configure it to connect to the database on a RedHat > ES box. > > In the Add Data Source Name my DSN is "closing" Description is "TCAM" > server is "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" local ip address for my server. I enter the > user and password and I keep getting the failure" > > [MySQL][ODBC 3.51 Driver]Access denied for user > 'root'@'myworkstationname.domainname.com' ( using password:YES) > > I am stuck. Help please. Thanks
