MySQL: Access denied to user 'test'@'localhost' except root user (password verification: yes)
<p>I have a problem using a non-root/admin user of mysql, I followed the steps below to create the user and permissions, please correct me if I did something wrong:</p>
<p>I installed <code>mysql</code> on <code>RHEL 5.7 64bit</code>, the installation package is as follows, once I completed the <code>rpm install</code>, we Will</p>
<ol>
<li>Use <code>mysql_install_db</code> to create a mysql database, then </li>
<li>Start the mysql service, then</li>
<li>Using <code>mysql_upgrade</code> will also operate on the server. </li>
</ol>
<p>After this process, I can log in using <code>root</code>, but cannot log into the server with a non-root user: </p>
<pre class="brush:php;toolbar:false;">[root@clustertest3 ~]# rpm -qa | grep MySQL
MySQL-client-advanced-5.5.21-1.rhel5
MySQL-server-advanced-5.5.21-1.rhel5
[root@clustertest3 ~]# cat /etc/my.cnf
[mysqld]
datadir=/var/lib/mysql
socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
user=mysql
# Default to using old password format for compatibility with mysql 3.x
# clients (those using the mysqlclient10 compatibility package).
old_passwords=1
# Disabling symbolic-links is recommended to prevent assorted security risks;
# to do so, uncomment this line:
# symbolic-links=0
[mysqld_safe]
log-error=/var/log/mysqld.log
pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
[root@clustertest3 ~]# ls -ld /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
srwxrwxrwx 1 mysql mysql 0 Nov 30 11:09 /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
mysql> CREATE USER 'golden'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON * . * TO 'golden'@'%';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> SELECT USER(),CURRENT_USER();
---------------------------------------------
| USER() | CURRENT_USER() |
---------------------------------------------
| root@localhost | root@localhost |
---------------------------------------------
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
[root@clustertest3 ~]# mysql -ugolden -p
Enter password:
ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'golden'@'localhost' (using password: YES)</pre>
<p>This is the problem I encountered, is there any solution? </p>