Connect to MySQL Database on Local Network

Question

I actually thought I could do this until I tried. I installed MySQL server on one PC in the Local network IP Address (192.168.1.4) and now I am trying to access it from another PC in the same network (192.168.1.5) but I am unable:

C:\Users\DOMICO>mysql -u domico -h 192.168.1.4 -p
Enter password: **********
ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'domico'@'DOMICO-PC' (using password:
 YES)

Surprisingly DOMICO-PC is the PC I am trying to connect from. Why is it not connecting to the given host but trying to connect to Local machine?

Answer 1

You need to give permissions to connect from remotehost

mysql>GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON database.* TO 'username'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'password' WITH GRANT OPTION;

Answer 2

You need to have proper permissions to connect. In the computer that has the DB installed, give your user the proper permissions:

mysql>GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'domico'@'DOMICO-PC';
mysql>FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

You can read more here: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-create-a-new-user-and-grant-permissions-in-mysql

And here: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/privileges-provided.html