Re: ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'server-name

[Georgi Kodinov]

When you use something else but localhost the client uses a different network interface to connect to the server.
For localhost it is using unix sockets and for host names tcp/ip.
And in the mysql privilege system these are two different login names, as the server always authenticates the user and host combination and not just the user name.
Thus please check if your grants allow logins from your host name and they are the same as the ones allowed for localhost. Or use wildcards for host names when granting privileges.