Host ‘xxx.xx.xxx.xxx’ is not allowed to connect to this MySQL server

Possibly a security precaution. You could try adding a new administrator account: mysql> CREATE USER ‘monty’@’localhost’ IDENTIFIED BY ‘some_pass’; mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO ‘monty’@’localhost’ -> WITH GRANT OPTION; mysql> CREATE USER ‘monty’@’%’ IDENTIFIED BY ‘some_pass’; mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO ‘monty’@’%’ -> WITH GRANT OPTION; Although as Pascal and others … Read more