I have a brand new WSL2, running on the latest Windows 10 (2004) with Ubuntu 20.04, MySQL installed, I can access it from Bash and get the status --
mysql> status
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mysql Ver 8.0.20-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 for Linux on x86_64 ((Ubuntu))
Connection id: 10
Current database:
Current user: root@localhost
SSL: Not in use
Current pager: stdout
Using outfile: ''
Using delimiter: ;
Server version: 8.0.20-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 (Ubuntu)
Protocol version: 10
Connection: Localhost via UNIX socket
Server characterset: utf8mb4
Db characterset: utf8mb4
Client characterset: utf8mb4
Conn. characterset: utf8mb4
UNIX socket: /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
Binary data as: Hexadecimal
Uptime: 13 sec
Next I want to connect with MySQL Workbench. All I ever get is
Your connection failed for user 'root' to the MySQL server at 127.0.0.1:3306
Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost'
My WSL2 list is ---
PS C:\Users\gymdo> wsl -l -v
NAME STATE VERSION
* Ubuntu-20.04 Running 2
My WSL2 info is ---
Installation successful!
To run a command as administrator (user "root"), use "sudo <command>".
See "man sudo_root" for details.
Welcome to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (GNU/Linux 4.19.104-microsoft-standard x86_64)
* Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com
* Management: https://landscape.canonical.com
* Support: https://ubuntu.com/advantage
System information as of Sat Jun 13 02:35:32 EDT 2020
System load: 1.97 Processes: 8
Usage of /: 0.4% of 250.98GB Users logged in: 0
Memory usage: 0% IPv4 address for eth0: 172.20.109.28
Swap usage: 0%
0 updates can be installed immediately.
0 of these updates are security updates.
I have tried using the 172.20.109.28 from above --- same error
Looking at it from the Windows side with ---
Ethernet adapter vEthernet (WSL):
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::c54a:f83c:a5f8:40b2%43
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 172.20.96.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.240.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
I have tried using the 172.20.96.1 from above --- same error
One strange thing is --- when I try user name of root@localhost instead of simply root, the workbench pops up the "enter password" popup. So excited I was, but when I leave the password field blank it still fails with password: NO
I'm a beaten down man --- I need help.
