title: ERROR 1044 (42000): Access denied for user
body: <p>I cannot figure out how to log into my database, I keep getting errors and cannot execute any queries on the database, here is an example of my error.</p>
  
  <pre><code>HW-001b63b70b4c:~ imac$ /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql;
  
  Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
  Your MySQL connection id is 11
  Server version: 5.5.13 MySQL Community Server (GPL)
  
  Copyright (c) 2000, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  
  Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its
  affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective
  owners.
  
  Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.
  
  mysql&gt; 
  mysql&gt; show databases;
  +--------------------+
  | Database           |
  +--------------------+
  | information_schema |
  | test               |
  +--------------------+
  2 rows in set (0.00 sec)
  
  mysql&gt; create database dev;
  ERROR 1044 (42000): Access denied for user ''@'localhost' to database 'dev'
  mysql&gt; 
  </code></pre>