{"id":722,"date":"2012-01-20T23:07:49","date_gmt":"2012-01-21T09:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mymonkeydo.com\/?p=722"},"modified":"2012-01-20T23:07:49","modified_gmt":"2012-01-21T09:07:49","slug":"mysqldump-using-password-no-error","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mymonkeydo.com\/mysqldump-using-password-no-error\/","title":{"rendered":"mysqldump &#8211; Using password: NO error"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Problem<\/h2>\n<p>I need to back up a mysql database on a shared hosting server. \u00a0I am using the cron job to run a bash file which runs a <a title=\"MySQL Auto Backup\" href=\"http:\/\/mymonkeydo.com\/mysql-auto-backup\/\">mysqlcommand<\/a>. \u00a0The problem is that I can&#8217;t get MySQL to recognize the password. \u00a0I have no spaces after the &#8220;-p&#8221; however, I still get the following error:<\/p>\n<p>mysqldump: Got error: 1045: Access denied for user &#8216;some_user&#8217;@&#8217;localhost&#8217; (using password: NO) when trying to connect<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Solution<\/h2>\n<p>No thanks to JustHost of course. \u00a0They don&#8217;t know why this doesn&#8217;t work as one support member tried to help me, but stopped replying after all his solutions failed and another support member just plain said &#8220;we do not provide support for this issue&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>On to the solution. \u00a0The problem is that the mysql configuration file on JustHost is set to not supply a password no matter what you pass into the mysqldump command. \u00a0I&#8217;m not sure of the specifics of this so you can read more on configuration files if you need more details. \u00a0The key that clued me into the problem was a comment on this page. \u00a0 He had a similar problem to what I was having. \u00a0In the end my cnf file looked like below, named &#8220;mymysql.cnf&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<pre>[client]\n# The following password will be sent to all standard MySQL clients\npassword=\"thePassword\"<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And my bash file looked like so:<\/p>\n<pre>#!\/bin\/bash\n\nmysqldump --defaults-file=\/somedir\/mymysql.cnf -u theusername thedbname &gt; \/somedir\/thedbname`date +%d`.sql<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>keywords: access denied using password NO<br \/>\nsource: <a href=\"http:\/\/dev.mysql.com\/doc\/refman\/5.1\/en\/option-files.html\">http:\/\/dev.mysql.com\/doc\/refman\/5.1\/en\/option-files.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,6],"tags":[51],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>mysqldump - Using password: NO error - My Monkey Do<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mymonkeydo.com\/mysqldump-using-password-no-error\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"mysqldump - Using password: NO error - My Monkey Do\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mymonkeydo.com\/mysqldump-using-password-no-error\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"My Monkey Do\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-01-21T09:07:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Webhead\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Webhead\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mymonkeydo.com\/mysqldump-using-password-no-error\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mymonkeydo.com\/mysqldump-using-password-no-error\/\",\"name\":\"mysqldump - Using password: NO error - My Monkey Do\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mymonkeydo.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-01-21T09:07:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-01-21T09:07:49+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mymonkeydo.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b16fc650a8c182faaac896bab099b829\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mymonkeydo.com\/mysqldump-using-password-no-error\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/mymonkeydo.com\/mysqldump-using-password-no-error\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mymonkeydo.com\/mysqldump-using-password-no-error\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/mymonkeydo.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"mysqldump &#8211; Using password: NO error\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mymonkeydo.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mymonkeydo.com\/\",\"name\":\"My Monkey Do\",\"description\":\"A Log of Coding Solutions\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/mymonkeydo.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mymonkeydo.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b16fc650a8c182faaac896bab099b829\",\"name\":\"Webhead\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mymonkeydo.com\/author\/corey\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"mysqldump - Using password: NO error - My Monkey Do","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/mymonkeydo.com\/mysqldump-using-password-no-error\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"mysqldump - Using password: NO error - My Monkey Do","og_url":"https:\/\/mymonkeydo.com\/mysqldump-using-password-no-error\/","og_site_name":"My Monkey Do","article_published_time":"2012-01-21T09:07:49+00:00","author":"Webhead","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Webhead","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/mymonkeydo.com\/mysqldump-using-password-no-error\/","url":"https:\/\/mymonkeydo.com\/mysqldump-using-password-no-error\/","name":"mysqldump - Using password: NO error - My Monkey Do","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mymonkeydo.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2012-01-21T09:07:49+00:00","dateModified":"2012-01-21T09:07:49+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/mymonkeydo.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b16fc650a8c182faaac896bab099b829"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/mymonkeydo.com\/mysqldump-using-password-no-error\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/mymonkeydo.com\/mysqldump-using-password-no-error\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/mymonkeydo.com\/mysqldump-using-password-no-error\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/mymonkeydo.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"mysqldump &#8211; Using password: NO error"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/mymonkeydo.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/mymonkeydo.com\/","name":"My Monkey Do","description":"A Log of Coding Solutions","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/mymonkeydo.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/mymonkeydo.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b16fc650a8c182faaac896bab099b829","name":"Webhead","url":"https:\/\/mymonkeydo.com\/author\/corey\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mymonkeydo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mymonkeydo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mymonkeydo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mymonkeydo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mymonkeydo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mymonkeydo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mymonkeydo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mymonkeydo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mymonkeydo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}