How to access MySQL from a remote computer (not localhost)?

Question

I have my dev environment set up as a Ubuntu Server (with LAMP installation) inside a vmware. The vmware is running on my local windows 7 machine. When I try to access my my

Answer 1

Ok, be aware this gives the world and his dog access to your mysql server.

GRANT ALL ON *.* to '%'@'%' WITH GRANT OPTION;

But say you are on your home network of 192.168.1.2/16 then you can at least limit it like this.

GRANT ALL ON *.* to '%'@'192.168.%' WITH GRANT OPTION;

Another option is that you have a user and password but want to connect from anywhere

GRANT ALL ON *.* to 'mysecretuser'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'mysecretpassword' WITH GRANT OPTION;