Problem when changing replication user password

emincote
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Dear Experts,

I am running MySQL 5.5 replication environment and I need to change the password on the replication user.  I have tried the following:

stop slave
change passwords on master and slaves
start slave

I then get an error connecting to master when I run 'show slave status'.  If I repeat the process setting the password back to the original one, then replication all starts again perfectly.  What have I missed.

As a secondary question, which order should I update versions of MySQL.  Master then slaves or the other way round?

Many thanks

Bede
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arnold
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Commented:
You need to update the user used for replication on the master, flush privileges to make the change read in and applied.
Might you have forgoten the flush privileges?
Commented:
Hi emincote,

You just need change password for User replicate on Master without stop slave. Remember flush privileges after set password.

Regard,...
emincote

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Hi Arnold and Idvhai,  Thank you both very much.  That seems to have worked a treat and I had forgotten all about flush privileges.  Case closed and I will award as many points as possible to both of you.  Thanks again,  Bede

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