title: C# Site Map Authentication to host failed Exception
body: <p>When I use the sitemap in the ASP.net to create a tree view or siteMapPath in my web site, I encountered such exception which is related to the configuration:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Authentication to host '' for user '' using method
    'mysql_native_password' failed with message: Access denied for user
    ''@'DESKTOP-54CAR3Q' (using password: NO)</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/wBrfK.png" alt="enter image description here">]  </p>
  
  <p>this is the error code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;siteMap&gt;
    &lt;providers&gt;
     &lt;add name="MySqlSiteMapProvider" type="MySql.Web.SiteMap.MySqlSiteMapProvider, MySql.Web, Version=6.9.8.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=c5687fc88969c44d" connectionStringName="LocalMySqlServer" applicationName="/"/&gt;
    &lt;/providers&gt;
  &lt;/siteMap&gt;
  </code></pre>