[horde] How to connect to mysql DB remotely

[Steven Stern]

On Thu,  8 Jul 2004 15:41:22 -0400, John Bravo <jbravo at forbin.qc.edu> wrote:

>Quoting Etienne Goyer <etienne.goyer at linuxquebec.com>:

>$conf['prefs']['params']['phptype'] = 'mysql';
>$conf['prefs']['params']['hostspec'] = '192.168.5.250';
>$conf['prefs']['params']['port'] = '3306';
>$conf['prefs']['params']['username'] = 'horde';
>$conf['prefs']['params']['password'] = '*****';
>$conf['prefs']['params']['database'] = 'horde';
>$conf['prefs']['params']['table'] = 'horde_prefs';
>-------

Just to test the obvious, what happens when you 

  telnet 192.168.5.250 3306

Is MySQL set to accept connections from other systems?  Is your firewall open
to communications on both machines?  Is there an error in the mysql log on the
remote system?
--
   Steve