Failed to connect to MySQL at with user root

When users connecting to MySQL using Workbench or from command prompt they may receive the error when they don’t have access to connect from the machine.

It is mainly due to security setup that allows to connect to “root” from specific IP address or localhost



In this scenario, ask your admins to create a new user account and setup the required access instead of using “root”

If the root account is not configure to authenticate with a password, you may need below command

MySQL> ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'password';


If user need to login as root, you they can follow the steps to grant access to local host and or IP Address

MySQL> GRANT ALL ON [DB_Name].* to 'root'@'127.0.0.1' IDENTIFIED BY '[PASSWORD]';
MySQL> GRANT ALL ON [DB_Name].* to 'root'@ ‘IP Address’ IDENTIFIED BY '[PASSWORD]';

Instead of using “GRANT ALL ON”, use required privileges only.

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