Cannot establish a connection to MySQL in NetBeans IDE

Question

When I create a new web project with Hibernate, I open New Connection Wizard, choose MySQL (Connector/J driver) option (connector jar appears in the Driver Files list), I press

Answer 1

user = mysql is the OS user under which the MySQL daemon runs. From the error message, it appears that the MySQL user root has a non-blank password. You should determine what that password is and put it in the authentication config.