#!/usr/bin/env bash # # JbTecWiz Support Centre -- generated fix script # # Fault : MySQL: "Too many connections" or "Access denied for user" # Fix : Resolve the authentication mismatch # Source: https://jbtecwiz.com/support/lnx-web-mysql-connections # # Run as : Root shell # Expect : 25 minutes # Risk : medium # Reversible : yes # # WHEN THIS IS THE RIGHT FIX # Error 1045, access denied. # # HOW TO UNDO IT # DROP USER removes an account created in error; note the previous # grants before changing them. # # Walks the fix one step at a time and asks before each. Steps with no # command are yours to do -- it prints those and waits. DRYRUN=1 prints # without executing; UNATTENDED=1 does not ask. # # -------------------------------------------------------------------- # NO WARRANTY - USE AT YOUR OWN RISK # # This script is provided by JbTecWiz as-is and with no warranty of any # kind, express or implied. You run it entirely at your own risk. # # JbTecWiz accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising from its # use, including but not limited to data loss, downtime, or configuration # changes that turn out to be wrong for your system. # # You are responsible for reading this script before running it, for # satisfying yourself that it suits the machine in front of you, and for # having a working backup first. Some steps cannot be undone. # -------------------------------------------------------------------- set -uo pipefail DRYRUN="${DRYRUN:-0}" UNATTENDED="${UNATTENDED:-0}" failed=0 if [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]; then echo " This fix is documented as needing root. Re-run with sudo." >&2 exit 3 fi rule() { printf "\n%s\n" "$(printf '-%.0s' $(seq 1 70))"; if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then echo "$1"; fi; } prose() { echo "$1" | fold -s -w 74 | sed "s/^/ /"; } # Returns 0 when the caller should run the command, 1 when it should not. # A manual step always returns 1 -- there is nothing for the caller to run. step() { # step [command lines...] local n="$1" dotext="$2" why="$3" mode="$4"; shift 4 rule " Step $n of 5" prose "$dotext" if [ -n "$why" ]; then echo; prose "$why"; fi if [ "$mode" = "manual" ]; then echo; echo " -> Do this yourself, then press Enter to carry on." if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ] && [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then read -r _; fi return 1 fi echo; printf " %s\n" "$@"; echo if [ "$DRYRUN" = "1" ]; then echo " (dry run -- not executed)"; return 1; fi if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ]; then read -r -p " Run this step? [Y]es / [S]kip / [Q]uit " a case "$a" in [Qq]*) echo " Stopped at your request."; exit 0 ;; [Ss]*) echo " Skipped."; return 1 ;; esac fi return 0 } rule echo " MySQL: "Too many connections" or "Access denied for user"" echo " Resolve the authentication mismatch" echo echo " Risk: medium Reversible 25 minutes" echo prose 'No warranty. Use at your own risk - JbTecWiz accepts no liability. Read it before you run it, and have a backup.' rule echo if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ] && [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then read -r -p " Ready? [y/N] " go case "$go" in [Yy]*) ;; *) echo " Nothing was changed."; exit 0;; esac fi if step 1 'List the accounts and the hosts they are allowed from. A user defined for '\''localhost'\'' cannot connect from '\''127.0.0.1'\'' -- those are different entries.' 'localhost means the Unix socket; 127.0.0.1 means TCP to loopback. An application configured with an IP address will be refused by a grant written for localhost, and the error gives no hint of this.' cmd 'sudo mysql -e "SELECT user,host,plugin FROM mysql.user ORDER BY user"'; then sudo mysql -e "SELECT user,host,plugin FROM mysql.user ORDER BY user" if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 1 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 2 'Check the authentication plugin. An application with an older client library cannot use caching_sha2_password.' '' cmd 'sudo mysql -e "SELECT user,host,plugin FROM mysql.user WHERE user='\''appuser'\''"'; then sudo mysql -e "SELECT user,host,plugin FROM mysql.user WHERE user='appuser'" if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 2 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 3 'Create or correct the grant for the right host.' '' cmd 'sudo mysql -e "CREATE USER IF NOT EXISTS '\''appuser'\''@'\''127.0.0.1'\'' IDENTIFIED BY '\''password'\'';' 'GRANT SELECT,INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE ON appdb.* TO '\''appuser'\''@'\''127.0.0.1'\'';' 'FLUSH PRIVILEGES;"'; then sudo mysql -e "CREATE USER IF NOT EXISTS 'appuser'@'127.0.0.1' IDENTIFIED BY 'password'; GRANT SELECT,INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE ON appdb.* TO 'appuser'@'127.0.0.1'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES;" if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 3 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi step 4 'Grant only what the application needs. An application account with ALL PRIVILEGES on everything turns an SQL injection into a full database compromise.' '' manual || true if step 5 'Test the credential exactly as the application uses it.' '' cmd 'mysql -h 127.0.0.1 -u appuser -p -e '\''SELECT 1'\'''; then mysql -h 127.0.0.1 -u appuser -p -e 'SELECT 1' if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 5 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi rule " Confirm it worked" prose 'The application connects and the grant list matches what it needs.' if [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then sudo mysql -e "SHOW GRANTS FOR 'appuser'@'127.0.0.1'" fi rule if [ "$failed" -gt 0 ]; then echo " Finished with $failed failed step(s)." echo " Read the full write-up at https://jbtecwiz.com/support/lnx-web-mysql-connections" else echo " Finished." fi echo prose 'To undo: DROP USER removes an account created in error; note the previous grants before changing them.' rule