Access denied for user 'homestead'@'localhost' (using password: YES)

Question

I\'m on a Mac OS Yosemite using Laravel 5.0.

While in my local environment, I run php artisan migrate I keep getting :

Answer 1

I just wanted to post this because this issue frustrated me for about 3 hours today. I have not tried any of the methods listed in the other answers, though they all seem reasonable. In fact, I was just about to try going through each of the above proposed solutions, but somehow I got this stroke of inspiration. Here is what worked for me to get me back working -- YMMV:

1) Find your .env file. 2) Rename your .env file to something else. Laravel 5 must be using this file as an override for settings somewhere else in the framework. I renamed mine to .env.old 3) You may need to restart your web server, but I did not have to.

Good luck!