[GLLUG] phpMyAdmin Remote DB logon

[Ken Smith]

Hi All, I'd like to pick the brains of anyone with some depth on 
phpMyAdmin here. I'd like to use it to connect to a db on a server on my 
LAN from my laptop.

The normal mysql commands log on and work correctly to the remote db. 
I'd just like to see the better presented output that phpmyadmin can do.


I've added this to config.inc.php

/* Server: servername [2] */
$i++;
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['verbose'] = 'servername';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] = 'numericalipaddress';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['port'] = '3306';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['connect_type'] = 'tcp';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['extension'] = 'mysqli';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'cookie';


I get error 2003 Cannot Login to the mysql server

Using wireshark I don't see any trace of communication to the server 
when I try a logon using phpmyadmin. Yet wireshark does show the traffic 
if I use normal mysql commands.

So I've missed something that tells phpMyAdmin that the server is not 
localhost

Before I go tracing through the php code to see what I've missed could 
someone who has done this before share any insight please.

Many thanks

Ken



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