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Gareth McDonald
Gareth McDonald
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Posted by Gareth McDonald
Gareth McDonald
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Access Denied for MySQL on Treehouse VM Ruby

I am getting "Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES) Please provide the root password for your mysql installation" when I try to run rake db:create:all on a newly cloned git project. I am using a VM that I set up using the guide

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Nick Fuller
Nick Fuller
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Nick Fuller
Nick Fuller
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do you have a password set in your config/database.yml file for development?

Jason Seifer
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Jason Seifer
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Jason Seifer
Jason Seifer
Treehouse Guest Teacher

Hey Gareth McDonald which vm did you download? There should not be a default mysql password but I'll check in to it.