[mythtv-users] How to connect a FE to a remote BE

[Ralf Kleineisel]

Glen Hawksworth wrote:

>       * I cannot connect from my frontend box to my backend's mysqld
>         with ay variation of the following ("mysql -h <backend-ip>")

You have a mysql problem, not a mythtv problem.

Does your BE mysqld listen on port 3306? Try as root on the BE: "lsof -i 
:3306". This should give an output like:

COMMAND  PID  USER   FD   TYPE DEVICE SIZE NODE NAME
mysqld  2673 mysql   10u  IPv4   6342       TCP *:mysql (LISTEN)