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

I was struggling with remote login to MYSQL for my Amazon EC2 Linux instance. Found the solution was to make sure my security group included an inbound rule for MySQL port 3306 to include my IP address (or 0.0.0.0/0 for anywhere). Immediately could connect remotely as soon as I added this rule.