我已经在本地计算机上安装了MySQL Community Edition 8.0.17

Question

I have installed MySQL Community Edition 8.0.17 on my local machine and I want to allow remote connections so that I can connect from external source.

How can I do that?

when ever i try to connect it via ip address of my local pc it gives me error saying host is not allowed

Answer 1

mysql> CREATE USER 'newrootuser'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'some_pass';
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'newrootuser'@'%'
->     WITH GRANT OPTION;