Question

I have git cloned a repository in order to start contributing to a private project.

Now when I start the mysql server as well as the rails server I get the following error:

Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES) (Mysql2::Error)

Now I tried to login with the password that I found in the config/database.yml file but without success. What should I do to have the app run properly in my local environment?

Thanks for helping out.

the database.yml file:

  development:
  adapter: mysql2
  encoding: utf8
  reconnect: false
  database: sc_development
  pool: 5
  username: root
  password: Mysql2047
  socket: /tmp/mysql.sock

 # Warning: The database defined as "test" will be erased and
 # re-generated from your development database when you run "rake".
 # Do not set this db to the same as development or production.

  test:
  adapter: mysql2
  encoding: utf8
  reconnect: false
  database: sc_test
  pool: 5
  username: root
  password: Mysql2047
  socket: /tmp/mysql.sock

Answer 1

This was doing the trick for me:

First, instead of logging into mysql with

mysql

login like this:

mysql -uroot

root@localhost has all rights and NO password.

Next, I created the database and another user who I gave all rights.

mysql> CREATE USER joe identified by 'foobar'

mysql> Grant All PRIVILEGES ON smartcheckups_development.* TO joe;

Create the database:
mysql> CREATE DATABASE sc_development;

In my database.yml file, I updated the login & password with that of the above user joe. This will allow me to login.

Leave mysql via \q

Then

bundle exec rake db:create

and start rails rails s