[mythtv-users] Password error on optimize_mythdb.pl

[Greg]

On 02/24/2018 12:05 PM, Don Brett wrote:
> I recently migrated from 12.04 to 16.04.  optimize_mythdb.pl worked 
> fine on the older version, but I get a password error on this one.
>
> don at nick:~/Downloads$ sudo perl 
> /usr/share/doc/mythtv-backend/contrib/maintenance/optimize_mythdb.pl
>
> DBI 
> connect('database=mythconverg:host=localhost;port=3306','mythtv',...) 
> failed: Access denied for user 'mythtv'@'localhost' (using password: 
> YES) at /usr/share/perl5/MythTV.pm line 373.
> Cannot connect to database:
>
> Mythtv generally works fine and config.xml has the correct password.  
> Is there a password change somewhere else to correct?
>
>
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I just ran it from a terminal and it runs fine.. I don't believe you 
need sudo.. Give it a try..