Connection Failed OBBC driver 5.1 Access Denied for user 'Root'@'localhost'

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  • CoffeeAddict
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    • Jan 2012
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    Connection Failed OBBC driver 5.1 Access Denied for user 'Root'@'localhost'

    My Scenario on Windows VISTA, MySQL 5.5:

    In cmd line I am able to enter 'mysql -u root -p' to enter MySQL shell after entering the correct password.
    'USE myDB' or SHOW DATABASES' or 'SHOW TABLES' etc works here

    Entering in 'mysqladmin -u root -h 'localhost' version variables -p'
    I get the following error message:
    'mysqladmin: connect to server at ''localhost'' failed'
    'error: 'Unknown MySQL server host ''localhost'' (0)''

    In 'Services' I can see that MySQL has status 'started'

    In MySQL Connector/ODBC I got the following parameters:
    'Data Source Name = mysql_test'
    'TCP/IP Server = localhost'
    'Port = 3306'
    'User = root'
    'Password = mypass'

    When I try to test the connection I get the following error:
    Connection Failed: [HY000][MySQL][ODBC 5.1 Driver]Access Denied for user 'root'@'localho st' (Using Password: YES

    Pinging localhost is 100% successfull.
    netstat -a returns 'Local Address: TCP 0.0.0.0:3306
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