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[root@srvcob etc]# mysql -h localhost -u root -p Enter password: Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection id is 3 Server version: 5.1.52 Source distribution Copyright (c) 2000, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are welcome to modify and redistribute it under the GPL v2 license Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement. mysql> show engines; +------------+---------+------------------------------------------------------------+--------------+------+------------+ | Engine     | Support | Comment                                                ...

To allow remote connections to mysql server on windows follow the steps below: 1) Login to mysql server through command line and execute the following query:  GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO root@"%" IDENTIFIED BY 'password'; 2) open the my.ini located inside the folder "C:\xampp\mysql\bin"     uncomment the line and replace 127.0.0.1 to           bind-address 0.0.0.0