Unable to remotely access MySQL I am experiencing problems with mysql 5.1 at the moment and possibly due to that I am unable to connect.

The port that I am using for mysql is open (http://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/open-ports/)

All of a sudden i was unable to access mysql remotely, could be due to luck of memory or something similar?! I can put any user name and password and still same result.

I have no data in the log files to share, nothing is logged for some reason.

I have checked and mysqld does listen to correct port

When I telnet xx.xx.xx.xx xxxx I have following result

Trying xx.xx.xx.xx...
Connected to xx.xx.xx.xx.
Escape character is '^]'.
?
5.1.66-0+squeeze1l_k{KBI'(7y!1rlHc8,u^CConnection closed by foreign host.


"and see if you get the same ... if not then you've a problem with the server. if that works ok but you can't do the same from the client machine(s) then you've got a problem at the client end." (http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1625679.html) So this is a client problem
By default remote access to the MySQL database server is disabled for security reasons. However, some time you need to provide remote access to database server from home or a web server.

Please refer the link