You can still login if you want, check skip-grant-tables.
On Jun 13, 2011 11:55 AM, "Tim Thorburn" <webmas...@athydro.com> wrote:
> Ok, ran several scans on my dev PC. Unsurprisingly, nothing was found.
> Trying to use command line produces the error:
> ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using
> password: YES)
>
> The same Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES)
> happens when trying to use MySQL Workbench 5.2.33 CE. phpMyAdmin gives
> an error #2000 Cannot log in to the MySQL server.
>
> mysql --version returns:
> mysql Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.5.11, for Win64 (x86)
>
> I'm guessing I'll be uninstalling/removing MySQL completely tomorrow and
> doing a clean install of 5.5.13. Although it would be handy to know
> what caused this problem in the first place. It's more than a little
> concerning when Friday everything works, shutdown computer for the
> night, log in again Saturday to find MySQL doesn't so much like my
> passwords anymore.
>
>
> On 6/12/2011 3:33 PM, Claudio Nanni wrote:
>>
>> This happens when you use an old client / library. Can you try from
>> command line? Also issue: mysql --version
>> Claudio
>>
>> On Jun 12, 2011 3:09 PM, "Tim Thorburn" <webmas...@athydro.com
>> <mailto:webmas...@athydro.com>> wrote:
>> > There's been no upgrade or old pre-upgrade on this machine. I say the
>> > same dev password for years, as it is the same password I've used on my
>> > dev machines throughout the years.
>> >
>> > This machine started off as a fresh install of the OS several months
>> > ago. The only version of MySQL ever on this particular machine is
>> > 5.5.11. My confusion is mostly centered around the "it worked fine on
>> > Friday, then Saturday happened" issue. I've run a complete virus scan
>> > and found nothing, as well as several spyware/malware scans - it's in
>> > the process of running a scan from a rescue disc, so I'll know if
>> > there's anything else afterward.
>> >
>> > Seems odd anyone would bother hacking into this dev machine that's
>> > barely connected to the Internet.
>> >
>> > On 6/12/2011 8:59 AM, Johan De Meersman wrote:
>> >> If it's recently been upgraded or had an old pre-upgrade backup
>> restored, that's not a major surprise; and surely you won't have ben
>> running mysql on a win7 for several years :-)
>> >>
>> >> In brief, mysql changed password encryptions between 4.1 and 5.0,
>> for various reasons. The old password scheme is still supported, but
>> iird the default setting for that in newer versions is off, yielding
>> you the error you are reporting.
>> >>
>> >> Of course, if none of that is the case, you may have been hacked;
>> but it seems somehow strange that a hacker would bother to install
>> oldstyle passwords.
>> >>
>> >> The error message you provide also mentions the oldpasswd flag for
>> PHP< 5.2 - also worth looking at.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >>> From: "Tim Thorburn"<webmas...@athydro.com
>> <mailto:webmas...@athydro.com>>
>> >>> To: mysql@lists.mysql.com <mailto:mysql@lists.mysql.com>
>> >>> Sent: Sunday, 12 June, 2011 2:50:22 PM
>> >>> Subject: MySQL loses password?
>> >>>
>> >>> Hi all,
>> >>>
>> >>> I came across something strange today on my dev machine and thought
>> >>> I'd
>> >>> see if anyone here has run into a similar problem. To begin, my dev
>> >>> machine is Win7 Ultimate 64-bit, running MySQL 5.5.11 (also 64-bit).
>> >>> Today when I tried to log into the server using the old MySQL GUI
>> >>> tools
>> >>> as root, I got an error number 1045 Access denied for user
>> >>> 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES). This is odd because I've
>> >>> not
>> >>> changed the root password on my dev machine in years. When I tried
>> >>> to
>> >>> goto a site on this same machine, Apache throws the following
>> >>> message:
>> >>>
>> >>> mysqlnd cannot connect to MySQL 4.1+ using the old insecure
>> >>> authentication. Please use an administration tool to reset your
>> >>> password with the command SET PASSWORD =
>> >>> PASSWORD('your_existing_password'). This will store a new, and more
>> >>> secure, hash value in mysql.user. If this user is used in other
>> >>> scripts
>> >>> executed by PHP 5.2 or earlier you might need to remove the
>> >>> old-passwords flag from your my.cnf file
>> >>>
>> >>> This is the first time I've seen such a message, or had MySQL
>> >>> randomly
>> >>> stop accepting my root password. I'll likely be doing a complete
>> >>> uninstall and reinstall in a few hours on this machine, but thought
>> >>> I'd
>> >>> ask here to see if anyone had any thoughts as to why this happened,
>> >>> and
>> >>> how I might correct it? If at all possible, I'd prefer to not have
>> >>> to
>> >>> do an uninstall/reinstall as I wisely hadn't backed up a few tables I
>> >>> was working on over the last couple days.
>> >>>
>> >>> Any thoughts?
>> >>>
>> >>> Thanks in advance,
>> >>> -Tim
>> >>>
>> >
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