can't connect to remote mysql database via navicat

Question

I have a mysql database on an unmanaged rackspace cloud server. I can connect to phpmyadmin with no issues. I checked if port 3306 is listening and it is. /etc/mysql/my.conf shows bind-address = 127.0.0.1.

When I use navicat to connect via ssh, it says SSH tunnel: Invalid username or password! I've reset my passwords and restarted mysql and the server just to make sure but I still can't connect. What can I try next to get this working?

Answer 1

Please connect to MySQL and run

SELECT USER(),CURRENT_USER();

What does this output ???

• USER() reports how you attempted to authenticate in MySQL
• CURRENT_USER() reports how you were allowed to authenticate in MySQL

If the output of these two functions do not match, you will need to create a user that matches the USER() or CURRENT_USER().

If they are both root@localhost, please run

SELECT user,host,password FROM mysql.user;

Now, visible compare if all root users have the same password.

Also, please check the contents of /etc/hosts on the server.

This not fully an answer, but I hope this helps !!!