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I have a mysql server running on x.x.x.x, and can access it internally no problem (of course). However when attempting to connect externally, ie using mysql workbench, or even from an external server, I get the error message "Host 'bla.bla.bla' is not allowed to connect to this MySQL server".
I have done:
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO mysql@x.x.x.x IDENTIFIED BY "somepass";- And I have opened port 3306 in iptables.
Is there another fundamental security issue I am missing?
Are you connecting as user mysql? You might try running the GRANT query as :
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO mysql@x.x.x.x IDENTIFIED BY "somepass";Have you verified that mysql workbench is trying the connect using the appropriate username? Have you flushed the privileges after running the grant command?