Can not connect remotely to MySQL Server on Ubuntu 10.10
- by BobFranz
Ok I have searched google for two days trying to get this to work. Here are the steps I have taken so far:
Clean install of Ubuntu 10.10
Install mysql 5.1 as well as admin
Comment out the bind address in the config file
Create a new database
Create a new user that is username@% to allow remote connections
Grant all access to this user to the new database EXCEPT the grant option
Login on the server is ok using this new user and database on the localhost
Login on the server is ok using this new user and database on the server internal network ip
Login from a remote computer is ok using this new user and database using the internal network ip
Login is not working when logging in with this username and database using the external ip address from the server or the remote computer.
I have port forwarding enabled for this port and it is viewable from outside as confirmed by canyouseeme.org
I have nmap'd using the following command on the internal ip and get the below result:
nmap -PN -p 3306 192.168.1.73
Starting Nmap 5.21 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2011-02-19 13:41 PST
Nmap scan report for computername-System-Name (192.168.1.73)
Host is up (0.00064s latency).
PORT STATE SERVICE
3306/tcp open mysql
Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 0.23 seconds
I have nmap'd using the following command on the internal ip and get the below result(I have hidden ip for obvious reasons):
nmap -PN -p 3306 xxx.xxx.xx.xxx
Starting Nmap 5.21 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2011-02-19 13:42 PST
Nmap scan report for HOSTNAME (xxx.xxx.xx.xxx)
Host is up (0.00056s latency).
PORT STATE SERVICE
3306/tcp closed mysql
Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 0.21 seconds
I am completely stuck here and need some help. I have tried everything under the moon and
still can not connect from a remote external ip address. Any help is greatly appreciated and I need to do anything to help find the problem let me know and I will post the results here.
