Topic: Cannot connect to MySQL from LAN

[Dave Shillam]

I am using 5.6b7 with all updates installed, phpMyAdmin has been installed using Darrell May's RPM, all works fine.  My database is setup and a user is also defined.

E-smith is setup in server only mode, so the firewall is disabled, indeed the "secure.log" is empty, which would suggest that the firewall is disabled.

iptables -L

gives:

Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination

Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination

Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination


I can telnet into the server on port 23 but if I try to telnet into port 3306, the session just gets terminated.

I can access MySQL from the command line during a remote session (Putty), I just have problems connecting using MyODBC etc.


Any help would be much appreciated, preferably before I rip all my hair out!

Dave