That error message usually means that either the password we are using doesn't match what MySQL thinks the password should be for the user we're connecting as, or a matching MySQL user doesn't exist (hasn't been created).
In MySQL, a user is identified by both a username ("test2") and a host ("localhost").
The error message identifies the user ("test2") and the host ("localhost") values...
'test2'@'localhost'
We can check to see if the user exists, using this query from a client we can connect from:
SELECT user, host FROM mysql.user
We're looking for a row that has "test2" for user, and "localhost" for host.
user host
------- -----------
test2 127.0.0.1 cleanup
test2 ::1
test2 localhost
If that row doesn't exist, then the host may be set to wildcard value of %
, to match any other host that isn't a match.
If the row exists, then the password may not match. We can change the password (if we're connected as a user with sufficient privileges, e.g. root
SET PASSWORD FOR 'test2'@'localhost' = PASSWORD('mysecretcleartextpassword')
We can also verify that the user has privileges on objects in the database.
GRANT SELECT ON jobs.* TO 'test2'@'localhost'
EDIT
If we make changes to mysql privilege tables with DML operations (INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE), those changes will not take effect until MySQL re-reads the tables. We can make changes effective by forcing a re-read with a FLUSH PRIVILEGES
statement, executed by a privileged user.