What's the priviledge for the username?
I think the privilidege has to explicitly say that it can connect from the
IP address of the server machine, not just localhost....
JuanE
> Hello,
>
> I have a MySQL account that only accepts connections from localhost for
> security reasons. I wish to use a local Windows GUI client with the remote
> MySQL database.
>
> I setup SecureCRT (my Windows SSH client) to forward local port 9999 to
> remote port 3306. I try telnetting to localhost 9999 and see:
>
> -
> 3.23.24-betaBI*2\Y*b,
>
> which indicates that the tunnel appears to be setup correctly.
>
> Now, I go to MySQL GUI, set Server host name to "localhost" and port
> number to "9999". I set the username on the Client tag. Then I connect but
> I get the following error message:
>
> Can't connect to MySQL server on 'localhost' (10061)
>
> Does anyone know what I did wrong?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Philip Mak ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
>
>
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