Or just use an ssh tunnel to access it and then the firewall stays intact, and with the tunnel, it will be a local user, and it can come from any address, and all the database is concerned with is localhost access.
Kelley Antony Dovgal wrote: > On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 14:00:13 +0800 > "Hiu Yen Onn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > i want to create a user who access from internet remotely to my db (outside > > firewall)? > > what is the solution then? how can i define the user accoutn? > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > if your firewall allows other users to connect to your host using port 3306 (which > is default for MySQL), then you should put there user's hostname. > smthng like this: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --- > WBR, > Antony Dovgal aka tony2001 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]