you probably have the anonymous user account taking over: ''@'localhost' when you specify the host with -h you are actually forcing MySQL to use TCP/IP so it will authenticate you using your ip address (127.0.0.1)
login as root and: mysql> drop user ''@'localhost'; and try again Cheers Claudio 2012/3/16 Clemens Eisserer <linuxhi...@gmail.com> > Hi Rik, > > > Hm, is the mysql-client library the same as the mysql-server? > Yes. > > > And does mysql --host=127.0.0.1 --user=someone -p somedb work (or it's > actual > > IP-address, forcing the TCP/IP connect instead of possible sockets) ? > > This is really strange - with -h127.0.0.1 I get the same error: > ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'someone'@'localhost' > (using password: YES) > > However with -h192.168.1.102 everything works as expected, although I > used 'someone'@'%' everywhere. > Does '%' not include local connections / unix domain sockets? > > Thanks, Clemens > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > > -- Claudio
