Connecting to MySQL Database over server

Question

I\'m quite a beginner when it comes to working with networks and the like, so apologizes up front. A while back I set up a mySQL database locally on my machine, and have bu

Answer 1

First of all, what your colleagues need are:

• The IP Address where MySQL server is running.
• User and Password to connect remotely
• Have the port 3306 open on the network
• A MySQL Client (mysql workbench, mysql query browser, toad, heidi or just the Command Line tool).

When you create user in MySQL the have to be something like this:

'root'@'localhost'

That means, the user will work if you connect from localhost with the user root. So you can create user allowed to connect from anywhere:

'juanperez'@'%'

And finally you have be careful about what privileges are you granting to them. Do not forget to comment a line in the options file of the MySQL that says "bind-address" (this options prevents remote connection).