title: Problems in connecting to mysql server: ERROR 2003 (HY000)
body: <ul>
  <li>Server ip: 172.16.1.169 </li>
  <li>mysql user name: root </li>
  <li>passwd: xxxxxxxxxx</li>
  <li>database name: example</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>I'm trying to access a database from a client (ip 172.16.0.114). Both the server and client are running the Fedora distribution of Linux. What settings need to be configured, and what should they be set to, for both the server and client? How do I access a specific database (here, "example")? I tried but I got an error:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>ERROR 2003 (HY000): Can't connect to MySQL server on '172.16.1.169'.</p>
  </blockquote>