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You may get this error when you try to access MySQL server on Windows.
Host ‘localhost’ is not allowed to connect to this MySQL server.
Host ‘127.0.0.1’ is not allowed to connect to this MySQL server.
Solution:
1. Stop MySQL service (from services.msc)
2. Create a text file in C:\ called “init.txt”. Paste the following code and save it.
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON mysql.* TO root@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'YourPassword!' WITH GRANT OPTION;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON mysql.* TO root@127.0.0.1 IDENTIFIED BY 'YourPassword!' WITH GRANT OPTION; |
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON mysql.* TO root@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'YourPassword!' WITH GRANT OPTION;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON mysql.* TO root@127.0.0.1 IDENTIFIED BY 'YourPassword!' WITH GRANT OPTION;
3. Open command prompt (cmd)
4. Go to MySQL bin directory on cmd.
Example: C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1\bin |
Example: C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1\bin