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I just installed a fresh copy of Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS on a new machine. I logged into MySQL as root:
david@server1:~$ mysql -u root -p123
I created a new user called repl. I left the host blank, so the new user may have access from any location.
mysql> CREATE USER 'repl' IDENTIFIED BY '123';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
I checked the user table to verify the new user repl was properly created.
mysql> select host, user, password from mysql.user;
+-----------+------------------+-------------------------------------------+
| host | user | password |
+-----------+------------------+-------------------------------------------+
| localhost | root | *23AE809DDACAF96AF0FD78ED04B6A265E05AA257 |
| server1 | root | *23AE809DDACAF96AF0FD78ED04B6A265E05AA257 |
| 127.0.0.1 | root | *23AE809DDACAF96AF0FD78ED04B6A265E05AA257 |
| ::1 | root | *23AE809DDACAF96AF0FD78ED04B6A265E05AA257 |
| localhost | | |
| server1 | | |
| localhost | debian-sys-maint | *27F00A6BAAE5070BCEF92DF91805028725C30188 |
| % | repl | *23AE809DDACAF96AF0FD78ED04B6A265E05AA257 |
+-----------+------------------+-------------------------------------------+
8 rows in set (0.00 sec)
I then exit, try to login as a user repl, but access is denied.
david@server1:~$ mysql -u repl -p123
ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'repl'@'localhost' (using password: YES)
david@server1:~$ mysql -urepl -p123
ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'repl'@'localhost' (using password: YES)
david@server1:~$
Why is access denied?
