Hi,
I have a dedicated server running Fedora C2. When I use Navicat MySQL GUI to connect to the server's IP address, it always say
"Host 'x.x.x.x' is not allowed to connect to this MySQL server"
Please tell me step by step how to configure via Putty SSH to allow remote connection to MySQL server?
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by: ravenplPosted on 2005-12-04 at 01:26:37ID: 15414085
1. make sure firewall is allowing connections to mysql port (3306/tcp)
ie: iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport 3306 -j ACCEPT #OR
iptables -I INPUT -p tcp -s your.home.static.ip --dport 3306 -j ACCEPT
2. make sure, the mysql is listening on that port (in my.cnf 'port = 3306' under [mysqld] section)
You may verify that with: netstat -ltnp
3. make sure the user You are connecting as, has the priviledge to connect from remote, in mysql
grant all on database.* to login identified by 'password'; # or similar.
flush priviledges;
check with: use mysql; select user,host from user where user='yourusername'; # the host should be % for any remote.