Alvaro Cobo wrote:
>Have you checked if in the /etc/mysql/my.cnf the directive "allow
>networking" is uncommented?.
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>This is a quite usual mistake.
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>Also check the host permissions of the root user.
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>Hope this helps.
>
>Alvaro.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Mark Sargent" <powderkeg@stripped>
>To: <mysql@stripped>
>Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2005 9:33 AM
>Subject: Error Connecting To Server From Client Machine-Linux
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>>Hi All,
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>>can ping the server from the client. Am seeing the attempted phpmyadmin
>>connection from the client via the firewall alert. But, get an error
>>saying that the client is not allowed to connect to the mysql server.
>>I'm guessing it's a setting in conf.inc.php..?
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>>$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] = '192.168.1.1';
>>$cfg['Servers'][$i]['user'] = 'root';
>>$cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = '???????';
>>I know that the password is correct as connection from phpmyadmin on
>>localhost is fine on the server.
>>server(Fedora3)=192.168.1.1
>>client(Fedora3)=192.168.1.2
>>Something I've missed/not considered..? Is it mysql related..? Still a
>>newb, so I'm sure it's somethiing real easy. Cheers.
>>
>>Mark Sargent.
>>
>>phpMyAdmin tried to connect to the MySQL server, and the server rejected
>>the connection. You should check the host, username and password in
>>config.inc.php and make sure that they correspond to the information
>>given by the administrator of the MySQL server.
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>>*MySQL said: *Documentation
>><http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/Error-returns.html>
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>>| #1045 - Access denied for user 'root'@'192.168.1.2' (using password:
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>YES)|
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Hi All,
thanx guys. Checked out the url and all is well. Successfully accessed
the db remotely. Learnt a lot in this little adventure. Cheers.
Mark Sargent.
