dear all,

java.sql.SQLException: Invalid authorization specification: Access denied for user: 'username@127.0.0.1' (Using password: YES)
at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.doHandshake(MysqlIO.java:659)
at com.mysql.jdbc.Connection.createNewIO(Connection.java:1562)
at com.mysql.jdbc.Connection.<init>(Connection.java:491)
at com.mysql.jdbc.NonRegisteringDriver.connect(NonRegisteringDriver.java:346)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:512)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:171)
at MyThread.run(ServerTelnet.java:208)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:536)


i get this error when my java program try to connect to the mysql..

i installed mysql in /usr/bin as i dun know where to install ... i hope the destination folder for installation doesnt matter....

i installed this mysql as root...

i have a user called sara under the root.

i use sun one studio for my java applications .....

this user sara dont have the previliges to access the database..

i referred the mysql documentation, but doesnt help me to sort out .. & itried some commands given by some users in some other threads..

the commands i used to grant access:::

grant select on saravanan.USERS to sara;

flush previliges;

saravanan is the name of the database... USERS is the name of the table which i created under the root account..


grant all privileges on *.* to '@sara'@'%' identified by 'abcd' with grant option;

flush previleges;

the respond i got:

Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)


it says 0 rows affected....


how to solve this ?????


can i install mysql again ????? which i feel to be the final solution,,

and if i reinstall the mysql, will there be any conflicts between this mysql & the newer one????

any 1 help me......... this really affects my project work........

i already started another thread but there were no reply after a few posts which dint really helped....

iam a new user & using mandrake linux for past 2 months.... this is my first time in linux....

help plz......