Mysql restricts access outside the server after the installation (on not
all, but several cases) so i suggest to connect to the mysql database as
root and review the host values on the user table, that can give you an
idea of who is allowed and from where is allowed ...remeber that % means
Don't forget to allow port 3306 (or whatever port you're server listens on)
through any Windows firewall...
Tim
-Original Message-
From: Carlos Proal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 1:40 PM
Cc: mysql@lists.mysql.com
Subject: Re: How do you allow external
Hi,
Ferindo Middleton wrote:
I've installed MySQL5 on a machine running Windows XP. I'm not an advanced
user so I chose all the default configuration settings when I went through
the setup wizard for the server instance. The database works fine and I can
access it when I'm sitting at the
I found how to bind to addrees to but didn't find anything in my.ini about
skip-networking but now I have this problem where the I can't connect
locally sitting at the computer using hostname localhost if I type in
the IP address of the computer I get a messsage saying {Hostname} is not
