Question

HI guys I got this Error and after Looking Around, the suggestion is that the password is wrong but I do not Understand how the Password Can be wrong because I can connect using the same details using phpMyadmin. Why should the Commandline give me this error?

I have been connecting using the command:

mysql -h db.gatungo.gskool.com -u mungai -p
 Enter password: **********
ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'mungai'@'212.22.177.50' (using password: YES)

Answer 1

Try to change hostname to localhost or 127.0.0.1.

I don’t believe hostname is a valid host.

Note that you also have the username as usernamei

mysql -u usernamei -h localhost -p

Also make sure you have access from outside for that user:

GRANT USAGE ON *.* TO  'mungai'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY  'YOUR_PASSWORD';