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How to Grant MySQL Root Privileges for 127.0.0.1
When setting up a MySQL database, you may encounter an issue where the root user is only allowed to connect via Unix sockets (localhost), but not via TCP/IP (127.0.0.1). This tutorial walks you through resolving the Access denied for user 'root'@'127.0.0.1' issue by granting the proper privileges to the root user for TCP connections.
- You must have root access to your MySQL server.
- You need to be able to connect to MySQL via the command line using Unix socket (by default
localhost).