When using mysql server on ubuntu, there is a property called bind-address in the /etc/mysql/my.cnf file. This forces mysql to only listen to localhost.
If you want to connect to mysql from a different box say windows, make sure you comment this line.
Then restrart my sql – sudo /etc/init.d/mysql restart
Now login to mysql on comand prompt as root - sudo mysql -u root -p
‘=Enter password
Create a brand new user with this syntax
grant all privileges on *.* TO ‘devuser’@'IP ADDRESS OF WINDOWS’ IDENTIFIED BY ‘NEW PASSWORD’ with grant option;
After this you can use a mysql client like navicat in windows to connect with user devuser, password NEW PASSWORD.
Note that when IP changes you would have to do this all over again.
