connecting to mysql server on another PC in LAN

Question

I have mySQL setup in a PC on my local network, how do I connect to it? I also have mySQL installed in this computer (which I want to use to connect to the database).

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Answer 1

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If you use or have MySQL Workbench on the MySQL Server PC you can do this with just a few clicks. Recommend only for development environment.

1. Connect to MySQL Server

2. Find this option Users and Privileges from Navigator and click on it.

3. Select root user and change value for Limit to Hosts Matching to %.

4. The click Apply at the bottom.

This should enable root user to access MySQL Server from remote machine.

Answer 2

actually you shouldn't specify port in the host name. Mysql has special option for port (if port differs from default)

kind of

mysql --host=192.168.1.2 --port=3306

Answer 3

You should use this:

>mysql -u user -h 192.168.1.2 -P 3306 -ppassword

or this:

>mysql -u user -h 192.168.1.2 -ppassword

...because 3306 is a default port number.

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Answer 4

Since you have mysql on your local computer, you do not need to bother with the IP address of the machine. Just use localhost:

mysql -u user -p

or

mysql -hlocalhost -u user -p

If you cannot login with this, you must find out what usernames (user@host) exist in the MySQL Server locallly. Here is what you do:

Step 01) Startup mysql so that no passwords are require no passwords and denies TCP/IP connections

service mysql restart --skip-grant-tables --skip-networking

Keep in mind that standard SQL for adding users, granting and revoking privs are disabled.

Step 02) Show users and hosts

select concat(''',user,'''@''',host,'''') userhost,password from mysql.user;

Step 03) Check your password to make sure it works

select user,host from mysql.user where password=password('YourMySQLPassword');

If your password produces no output for this query, you have a bad password.

If your password produces output for this query, look at the users and hosts. If your host value is '%', your should be able to connect from anywhere. If your host is 'localhost', you should be able to connect locally.

Make user you have 'root'@'localhost' defined.

Once you have done what is needed, just restart mysql normally

service mysql restart

If you are able to connect successfully on the macbook, run this query:

SELECT USER(),CURRENT_USER();

USER() reports how you attempted to authenticate in MySQL

CURRENT_USER() reports how you were allowed to authenticate in MySQL

Let us know what happens !!!

UPDATE 2012-02-13 20:47 EDT

Login to the remote server and repeat Step 1-3

See if any user allows remote access (i.e, host in mysql.user is '%'). If you do not, then add 'user'@'%' to mysql.user.