Are u doing a user@hostname or user@%? The hostname part is needed, % means from anywhere. A better way to write this to prevent any errors is enclosing user & host in single quotes as such: 'user'@'host'.
Regards, Bhavin. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Knauf/Niles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 6:31 AM Subject: I can login to mysql as root but not as any other user... > > mysql is running on an i386 box with Red Hat Linux 7.0 > > this works: > mysql -u root -p > > --it askes for the root password, and lets me into the mysql monitor. I can > create databases and tables, life seems good. > > than I try something like: > > Grant all on *.* to user identified by 'password'; > > where user and password make sense. It seems to work. So, I logout "\q" > > and try > > mysql -u user -p > > and I get an access denied error. > > Whare am I going wrong? > > Michael > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
