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<blockquote data-quote="mm1352000" data-source="post: 1119650" data-attributes="member: 82144">Thanks <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />So my guess is that either:<ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">A firewall (or firewalls) on either or both the client and/or server is preventing the client from connecting to the database on the server.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">The database on the server is configured to not allow connections from other PCs.</li>
</ol>To check the first point, simply disable all firewalls (don't forget the built in Windows firewalls) on the client and server and try again.If that doesn't work, try the second point. You can see how to configure the MySQL server user access in the first three instructions in this post:<a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/install-fails-with-mysql-exception.126169/#post-1084386" target="_blank">https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/install-fails-with-mysql-exception.126169/#post-1084386</a>By default the root user that you're using probably can only connect from the local PC. So, either you need to allow the root user to connect from the client PC (or all hosts), or create a new user with the required permissions and reconfigure TV Server to use that DB user (instead of root).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mm1352000, post: 1119650, member: 82144"] Thanks :) So my guess is that either: [LIST=1] [*]A firewall (or firewalls) on either or both the client and/or server is preventing the client from connecting to the database on the server. [*]The database on the server is configured to not allow connections from other PCs. [/LIST] To check the first point, simply disable all firewalls (don't forget the built in Windows firewalls) on the client and server and try again. If that doesn't work, try the second point. You can see how to configure the MySQL server user access in the first three instructions in this post: [url]https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/install-fails-with-mysql-exception.126169/#post-1084386[/url] By default the root user that you're using probably can only connect from the local PC. So, either you need to allow the root user to connect from the client PC (or all hosts), or create a new user with the required permissions and reconfigure TV Server to use that DB user (instead of root). [/QUOTE]

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