Unable to add users with MySQL 5.5.8 under Windows
Hello, I just downloaded MySQL 5.5.8 (Win64 version) today and installed it on my dev machine. Previously I had MySQL 5.1.51 installed - as I've always felt it was better to uninstall the old before installing the new with Windows, I uninstalled 5.1.51 by doing the following: - As Administrator, I ran DOS prompt and entered NET STOP MYSQL - Ran MySQL Instance Configuration Wizard to remove the current instance - Uninstalled MySQL Server 5.1.51 from Control Panel - Went through my Users, ProgramData, and Program Files folders to delete any references to MySQL. - Reboot computer I should mention this is Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit. After rebooting I installed MySQL 5.5.8 for Win64 using the downloaded MSI file. Once MySQL was installed, I downloaded and installed the current version of Workbench (5.2.31a). When I run Workbench, I see that the MySQL server is indeed running - I'll also mention that this is my first time using Workbench, until now I had been using the older MySQL Administrator GUI, however it stopped working with 5.5.8. So, back in Workbench, I goto Manage Security under the Server Administration heading, choosing the default Local instance: MySQL server to connect to. Next I click Accounts and finally Add Account at the bottom of this screen. Under Details for Account newu...@% I add in the user name I want, type the password twice, I've tried leaving Limit Connectivity to Hosts Matching as % and localhost. Once I'm finished adding the user, I click Apply - however I'm presented with the following error message: /Unhandled exception: Error adding account accountn...@%:/ I've tried adding a user in MySQL Administrator, as I am more familiar with it. It provides a different error: /Error while storing the user information. The user might have been deleted. Please refersh the user list./ A command prompt pop-up appears with this error stating the following: /** Message: save user: error adding new user entry /I've googled the above error messages and found that either bug reports with similar wording were either abandoned, or supposed to be fixed already. Any thoughts, or should I go back to 5.1.51 and wait for the next point release of the 5.5 line? TIA, -Tim
Re: Unable to add users with MySQL 5.5.8 under Windows
On 12/16/2010 3:42 AM, Tim Thorburn wrote: I should mention this is Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit. After rebooting I installed MySQL 5.5.8 for Win64 using the downloaded MSI file. Once MySQL was installed, I downloaded and installed the current version of Workbench (5.2.31a). When I run Workbench, I see that the MySQL server is indeed running - I'll also mention that this is my first time using Workbench, until now I had been using the older MySQL Administrator GUI, however it stopped working with 5.5.8. So, back in Workbench, I goto Manage Security under the Server Administration heading, choosing the default Local instance: MySQL server to connect to. Next I click Accounts and finally Add Account at the bottom of this screen. Under Details for Account newu...@% I add in the user name I want, type the password twice, I've tried leaving Limit Connectivity to Hosts Matching as % and localhost. Once I'm finished adding the user, I click Apply - however I'm presented with the following error message: /Unhandled exception: Error adding account accountn...@%:/ I've tried adding a user in MySQL Administrator, as I am more familiar with it. It provides a different error: /Error while storing the user information. The user might have been deleted. Please refersh the user list./ A command prompt pop-up appears with this error stating the following: /** Message: save user: error adding new user entry To add, I was able to successfully add a user to MySQL 5.5.8 with phpMyAdmin - would this point to a bug in the GUI tools? Thanks again
Re: Unable to add users with MySQL 5.5.8 under Windows
On 12/16/2010 03:53, Tim Thorburn wrote: On 12/16/2010 3:42 AM, Tim Thorburn wrote: I should mention this is Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit. After rebooting I installed MySQL 5.5.8 for Win64 using the downloaded MSI file. Once MySQL was installed, I downloaded and installed the current version of Workbench (5.2.31a). When I run Workbench, I see that the MySQL server is indeed running - I'll also mention that this is my first time using Workbench, until now I had been using the older MySQL Administrator GUI, however it stopped working with 5.5.8. So, back in Workbench, I goto Manage Security under the Server Administration heading, choosing the default Local instance: MySQL server to connect to. Next I click Accounts and finally Add Account at the bottom of this screen. Under Details for Account newu...@% I add in the user name I want, type the password twice, I've tried leaving Limit Connectivity to Hosts Matching as % and localhost. Once I'm finished adding the user, I click Apply - however I'm presented with the following error message: /Unhandled exception: Error adding account accountn...@%:/ I've tried adding a user in MySQL Administrator, as I am more familiar with it. It provides a different error: /Error while storing the user information. The user might have been deleted. Please refersh the user list./ A command prompt pop-up appears with this error stating the following: /** Message: save user: error adding new user entry To add, I was able to successfully add a user to MySQL 5.5.8 with phpMyAdmin - would this point to a bug in the GUI tools? Thanks again Yes, that would be a problem localized to the GUI tool. Please visit http://bugs.mysql.com/ and either open a new bug describing your problems or add your details to any existing bugs that may already match your description. The team that manages that tool may ask for additional information so please do respond or we will close the bug as No Feedback. Warmly, -- Shawn Green MySQL Principal Technical Support Engineer Oracle USA, Inc. Office: Blountville, TN -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=arch...@jab.org
