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MySQL version 8 - network access
The solution has been found. When the server was installed 'root' has bound to 'localhost'. I think this may be the default for MySQL 8.0 (someone correct me if wrong). So I did mysql> update user 'root' set host ='%'; Shutdown and restart the server. Now it's possible to access the... -
MySQL version 8 - network access
It's NOT a good idea (in this case) to specify the IP addresses to be used. As they can change and will need to be reconfigured. We've set things up so the server's ip address is static. And that is all we need. At least, until Version 8, it was. The MySQL configuration file is not locked... -
MySQL version 8 - network access
I've run into something very strange. I'm unable to complete the set up of netorked access to a MySQL 8.0 database. Here is why it is so strange: 1. I've had no trouble setting up versions 5.6 and 5.7. From either WorkBench or from our software. 2. Local access (using 'LocalHost') is no...
