Trouble with MariaDB error 1044? Here’s help.

The 1044 error code indicates that the user has insufficient permissions to make changes to the database.

As part of our Website and Server Management Services, we receive support requests from Webmasters, Web hosts and Digital Agencies to fix database errors such as this.

Today, we’ll take a look at the top reasons we’ve seen for MariaDB error 1044 and how our Support Engineers fix it.

Different causes for MariaDB error 1044?

Every application like PHPMyAdmin, WordPress or even a command terminal client connects to a MariaDB database with a username.

That username should have the privilege to manage the database.

It is usually provided by the website administrator or the managed hosting provider.

But there are cases where the permissions are incomplete or the authentication details aren’t right which can lead to MariaDB error 1044.

Let’s dig into the details.

1. Entering an incorrect Username

Some administration tools generate random usernames that are hard to remember.

We have seen many users copy-paste database usernames, which sometimes omits a letter or adds a space at the end.

MariaDB interprets this as the wrong username, and denies access:

[ ERROR 1044 (42000): Access denied for user ''@'localhost']

2. Wrong Password due to typo

This is one of the most common reasons for database errors.

It is often that customers enter the wrong password due to typo. Or they can leave the password empty while executing the command.

Since the password doesn’t display due to encryption users may not see the error right away.

3. Missing to set the user privileges

Every database user has a particular database. To link them, user privileges must be set to the database.

Sometimes, customers create a database and also create a username for it.

However, if they are unaware of the user privileges that need to be set for the database then they don’t set it. Also, in some cases, they forget to set user privileges. Because they will not be prompted with the option or any message to set the user privileges after the database and username creation.u

This will also lead to errors.

How we fix MariaDB error 1044

Now, we have discussed the reasons that cause the MariaDB error. Let’s now discuss how our Support Engineers fix this error.

Recently, we received a request from one of our customer. He was not able to connect to the database through the command prompt.

Let’s briefly check how our Support Engineers went troubleshooting the error and fixed it.

1. Initially, we checked for the available username.

select * from user;

The above command provided the list of the usernames in the server. And it confirmed that the customer was using the right username.

2. Further, we checked for the user privileges. So, for checking it we used the below command:

show grants for 'username'@'localhost';

3. Thus, we found here that the username was not linked to the database. So, we set the user privileges for customer’s username ‘username’ by using the command:

grant all privileges on database_name.* to username@'localhost' identified by 'password ;

Finally, this fixed the error.

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Conclusion

In short, MariaDB error 1044 is either caused due to incorrect username or empty password or user privileges. Today, we discussed how this error occurs and its fix.