Enable remote MySQL connection: ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user

Question

MySQL 5.1.31 running on Windows XP.

From the local MySQL server (192.168.233.142) I can connect as root as follows:

>mysql --host         


        

Answer 1

Do you have a firewall ? make sure that port 3306 is open.

On windows , by default mysql root account is created that is permitted to have access from localhost only unless you have selected the option to enable access from remote machines during installation .

creating or update the desired user with '%' as hostname .

example :

CREATE USER 'krish'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';