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Asked: 2026-06-11T20:44:29+00:00

I’m trying to connect MySql Server from my machine to a server, for development

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I’m trying to connect MySql Server from my machine to a server, for development using. In the server, MySql is running normaly, but I’m not able to connect it remotely.

I’ve already cheked my.cnf removing the line “skip-networking”. In server, the bin/mysqladmin variables returns:

 bin/mysqladmin version -u root -pPASSWORD
bin/mysqladmin  Ver 8.42 Distrib 5.5.27, for linux2.6 on x86_64
Copyright (c) 2000, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its
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owners.

Server version          5.5.27-log
Protocol version        10
Connection              Localhost via UNIX socket
UNIX socket             /tmp/mysql.sock
Uptime:                 5 min 55 sec

Threads: 1  Questions: 1  Slow queries: 0  Opens: 33  Flush tables: 1  Open tables: 26  Queries per second avg: 0.002
  • Server: SuSe Linux
  • Client: Windows 7
  • MySql: according to the information above.

What would be happening? Thanks!

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  1. Editorial Team

    If you could not connect using the MySQL client, I would suggest that the user you are connecting with is not allowed to connect remotely. That is a right that must be explicitly granted (though most beginning tutorials I have read show creating users that have access from any machine… which opens the door to security risks).

    Example:

    If you followed the MySQL docs and did something like this:

    CREATE USER ‘jeffrey’@’localhost’;

    The user jeffrey would only be allowed to log on from localhost.

    However, since you state that you cannot connect using Telnet, I would challenge the statement “PS: is not the Firewall.”

    Several firewalls can affect the communication path.

    • Windows 7: If your current network happens to be defined as a public network, most outbound ports are blocked by default
    • Server firewall. Not sure what you are running on the server itself, if anything, but be sure and check that connection.
    • ISP / Data center firewall. Many servers are behind a firewall at the data center level. For example, with AWS you would have to allow access via the security policy. At Rackspace, you would have to open a firewall port using their tools.

    Make sure you understand all firewalls that may be involved.

    @JvdBerg’s suggestion is also a good one, to ensure you are listening to all interfaces

    in my.cnf bind=0.0.0.0 to let mysql bind to all

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