Connecting to external MySQL db: "ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user"

qtriangle

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I have a website which is hosted on cpanel, and uses and external mysql server.
When the script tries to connect to the external server, following error is generated:

ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user

Same error is shown when I connect to external db from shell, from the server having the website and cpanel.

However, I am able to connect to the external DB from a third server using shell. It means something on the cpanel server stops external mysql connctions.

May I know how to solve this?

PS: This is not "allowing remote connections for mysql database on cpanel server", but opposite of it.
 

sktest123

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Seems you have mysql remote server settings all ok in cpanel server , it might be privileges issue in remote server.

In remote mysql server, run
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'USERNAME'@'1.2.3.4' IDENTIFIED BY 'PASSWORD' WITH GRANT OPTION;
Replace it with needed db (db name), user and ip ,passwd
Then flush privileges
 

qtriangle

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Seems you have mysql remote server settings all ok in cpanel server , it might be privileges issue in remote server.

In remote mysql server, run
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'USERNAME'@'1.2.3.4' IDENTIFIED BY 'PASSWORD' WITH GRANT OPTION;
Replace it with needed db (db name), user and ip ,passwd
Then flush privileges
That's not the case. I have allowed connections for user@*, and I had already mentioned:

However, I am able to connect to the external DB from a third server using shell. It means something on the cpanel server stops external mysql connctions.
 

cPanelMichael

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Hello,

Do you have any firewall rules restricting outgoing traffic over port 3306? What rules exist in your system's /etc/my.cnf file?

Thank you.
 

qtriangle

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Hello,

Do you have any firewall rules restricting outgoing traffic over port 3306? What rules exist in your system's /etc/my.cnf file?

Thank you.
I have csf with status: "Firewall Status: Disabled and Stopped"

my.cnf has following values:
Code:
[mysqld]
innodb_file_per_table=1
default-storage-engine=MyISAM
performance-schema=0
max_allowed_packet=268435456
open_files_limit=10000

query_cache_size=64M
query_cache_limit=1M
join_buffer_size=8M
sort_buffer_size = 8M
read_buffer_size = 8M

read_rnd_buffer_size = 4M
max_heap_table_size = 50M
innodb_buffer_pool_size = 1G
table_open_cache = 4000
key_buffer_size = 128M
tmp_table_size = 128M
myisam_sort_buffer_size = 64M
 
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cPanelMichael

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Hello,

Could you open a support ticket using the link in my signature so we can take a closer look? You can post the ticket number here so we can update this thread with the outcome.

Thank you.