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

The user/host combination may have been created without password.

I was assuming that when adding a new host for an existing user (using a GUI app), the existing password would also be used for the new user/host combination.

I could log in with

mysql -u username -p PASSWORD

locally, but not from IPADDRESS with

mysql -u --host=HOST -p PASSWORD

(I could actually log in from IPADDRESS without using a password)

mysql -u --host=HOST

Setting the password allowed access:

set password for ''@'' = '';