Has the user been given access from the the appropriate host?

Chris.

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The user is me. I connect to the DB I created at server1 with no problems but from the remote - server2 I fail to connect.
Should I give myself access from the remote? How?

Set the user host access to '%' (% is a wildcard for all hosts) or to the IP of the machine you want to connect from.

Chris.

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MYSQL is specific when it comes to locations from where you can connect to it and what you can do when connected from that location. i.e You can have userA have all the privileges and access when connected from a say hostA, but be limited to only Select statements when connecting from hostB for instance.

If you have not done so, you need to add server2 as a valid location from which your user can connect to server1 in MYSQL's user and permission configuration.

I you haven't done so either, I suggest downloading MYSQL Workbench. It helps a lot in administering MYSQL databases visually. And it will make adding the correct permissions easier.

https://www.mysql.com/products/workbench/

If you want to do this through the command line:

Connected to mysql on server1, and issue a GRANT statement.
GRANT [privileges_to_grant] ON [databasename].* TO 'someuser'@'somehost';

Where [somehost] is server2's name or IP address.

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/grant.html





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Thanks a lot !
I'll try to do as you advised me to do !