- Allow Remote Ronnections Acess to MySQL Server

MySQL by default allows you to connect to it via localhost, you can not connect to MySQL server directly from some remote IP address.

To enable remote mysql access you just need to perform a little editing in the mysql configuration file. Open the mysql configuration file -- /etc/mysql/my.cnf and look for line
bind-address = 127.0.0.1
Change the above line (Comment out) with following and save the changes
#bind-address = 127.0.0.1

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source:http://linuxpoison.blogspot.com/2011/05/13578167756134.html