在Linux Mint 18上使用MySQL Workbench

Question

I've never had a MySQL install go smoothly. Not Mac. Not Windows. And now Linux joins the mess.

I installed mysql-server via Software Manager after a failed attempt with linuxbrew. I can actually run it in terminal, but I have to use sudo which seems odd. I don't see any examples where the user has to use sudo .

On top of that, when I run MySQL Workbench I can't connect. I get the error, Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost'

Any suggestions?

Answer 1

Did you install mysql from apt-get install mysql-server ? it probably asked you for a default root password (Ubuntu like systems usually do). If you have forgotten it, have no fear, the password can be reset

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/resetting-permissions.html#resetting-permissions-unix

Try doing this as linux root (sudo -i), if that doesn't work try

sudo -i
sudo mysql

and give it a shot.

Alternatively, sudo, connect to mysql and create another user account with full privileges something like

GRANT ALL ON *.* to someother user identified by ...

Answer 2

You cannot connect remotely with root database user since the default user created doesn't have access on '%' (remote access).

Create another user with limited rights (secure) and use it for workbench.

creating user on mysql:

create user test@'%' identified by 'test_user_password';
grant all on *.* to test; -- you can specify specific permissions/databases
flush privileges;

Try these credentials with workbench.

As far as the linux command line is concerned

mysql -uroot -p
-- hit enter, no password and see if you can get connected