Installed latest percona-toolkit
Getting the following error with pt-show-grants:
pt-show-grants
DBI connect(‘;;mysql_read_default_group=client’,‘’,…) failed: Access denied for user ‘root’@‘localhost’ (using password: NO) at /usr/bin/pt-show-grants line 1367.
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root@prod01-dftl:~#
root@prod01-dftl:~# mysql
Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 3918018
Server version: 5.6.51-91.0-log Percona Server (GPL), Release 91.0, Revision b59139e
Copyright (c) 2009-2021 Percona LLC and/or its affiliates
Copyright (c) 2000, 2021, 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> quit
Bye
root@prod01-dftl:~# pt-show-grants
DBI connect(‘;;mysql_read_default_group=client’,‘’,…) failed: Access denied for user ‘root’@‘localhost’ (using password: NO) at /usr/bin/pt-show-grants line 1367.
root@prod01-dftl:~#