[mythtv-users] MacOSX MySQL Errors

[Eric Robinson]

Brad DerManouelian wrote:
> On Sep 26, 2007, at 3:29 PM, Eric Robinson wrote:
>
>   
>> Brad DerManouelian wrote:
>>     
>>> http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-6.html#modify_perm_mysql
>>>
>>> You do not need MySQL installed on the frontend machine. You do need
>>> to set up MySQL to allow remote connections and tell MySQL you want
>>> your mythtv user from your frontend machine to access the myth
>>> database files.
>>>       
>> I've tried that...  I changed the permissions to allow everyone on my
>> subnet (took a while to figure out that I needed to press CTRL-D  
>> and not
>> CTRL-C to exit).  I'm still not having any luck getting in.
>>
>> What would be a good way to check all of the MySQL settings on the
>> backend to ensure that they are correct?
>>     
>
> Try to log in using the MySQL client from a remote machine on your  
> network and see what the error message is.

What kind of commands would I use for that?  I must confess that I'm a
mysql noob.