MySQL unable to connect with remote server

Question

We have a MySQL server in one of the remote Virtual Machine (Windows Server 2008). Till yesterday we were able to connect to the MySQL server, with the help of workbench install

Answer 1

GRANT ALL ON *.* to user@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';

this command should do the trick for all users @Gustavo Rubio has already given the proper explanation.

To ensure what ports are open run cmd in the virtual machine and type.

netstat -a

TCP    127.0.0.1:3360     Hostname:3360   LISTENING

The my.cnf is located Mysql-install-path\MySQL\MySQL Server xxx make sure you backup original before changing

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