Mysql Workbench crashing when connecting I have created an user i intend to give access to one db only.
But when i try connecting with him, the program crashes. When i connect with the root user, it works.

 create user 'test'@'localhost';
 GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON sbb2_test.* To 'test'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'test';
 FLUSH PRIVILEGES;


Then i have verified he has the permissions for the sbb2_test db only:

 SHOW GRANTS FOR 'test'@'localhost'


Output:

'GRANT USAGE ON *.* TO \'test\'@\'localhost\' IDENTIFIED BY PASSWORD \'*94BDCEBE19083CE2A1F959FD02F964C7AF4CFC29\''
'GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON `sbb2_test`.* TO \'test\'@\'localhost\''


Then i have tried connecting with the new user:





I have entered "test" as the password, and the program crashed.
Why?
These are the last lines from the wb.log file:

15:58:40 [INF][      Workbench]: Current version given by meta info is: 6.1.7

15:58:41 [INF][      Workbench]: Exiting as another instance of WB is already running.
15:58:41 [INF][      Workbench]: Running the application

15:58:41 [INF][      WBContext]: Parsing application arguments.

15:58:41 [INF][      WBContext]:     C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Workbench 6.1 CE\MySQLWorkbench.exe

15:58:46 [WRN][   WBContext UI]: Server instance  has no attached connection, deleting it

15:58:46 [WRN][   WBContext UI]: Server instance  has no attached connection, deleting it

15:59:17 [INF][     SSH tunnel]: Starting tunnel

15:59:17 [ERR][  GRTDispatcher]: exception in grt execute_task, continuing: Exception: Access denied for user 'test'@'localhost' (using password: NO)

15:59:30 [INF][          Admin]: Auto-created instance profile for connection 

15:59:30 [ERR][      WBContext]: Unsupported server version: mariadb.org binary distribution 10.1.26-MariaDB
Looks like a known issue with it not handling an exception error properly and also the wrong version:
https://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=79364

Description:
WB 6.3.5 (and also older release like 6.1.7) can connect to MariaDB.

&gt; How to repeat:
&gt; 1. Download WB 6.3.5 CE 64 bit (32 bit has the same issue)
&gt; 2. Download MariaDB 10.0.22 64 bit windows
&gt; 3. Start MariaDB using mysqld --console
&gt; 4. Create a new connection using WB : testing the connection works
&gt; 5. Connect to the database ( may or may not crash) : a SQL tab opens
&gt; 6. Connect to the same database : crashes : it says MySQL workbench has stopped working : a new SQL tab can not open

[20 Nov 2015 23:32] Godofredo Miguel Solorzano
Thank you for the bug report. Looks like you have the reason for in the log:

15:14:22 [ERR][      WBContext]: Unsupported server version: mariadb.org binary distribution 10.0.22-MariaDB


Are you using containers in your environment?

edit:
For now I solved it this way:from the menu Database => Manage Connections... I have created and saved the connection for the "test" user, so that it appears on the start screen ( when you launch WB, the saved connections appear as a list of gray buttons , and you can launch them directly from there).