How to fix Cpanel Remote Mysql issue having the error message: WARNING [2] mysql_connect(): OK packet 6 bytes shorter than expected, Line: 34 in file C:\inetpub\local_intranet\website_updater.php
We need to perform two steps to check this which can be done as follows:
Firstly, check the mysql remote connection after making sure that you are using the following parameters;
MySQL server : Server IP
Port : 3306
User : fill in mysql user for eg: username_test
Password : password of the mysql user.
Secondly, we need to test if mysql remote connection is working by doing the following steps:
[root@linux] #mysql -h server_ip -u my_sql_username -p
Enter password:
Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 15054
Server version: 5.0.9-community MySQL Community Edition (GPL)
Type ‘help;’ or ‘\h’ for help. Type ‘\c’ to clear the current input statement.
mysql> show databases;
+——————–+
| Database |
+——————–+
| information_schema |
| linux_catalogs |
+——————–+
2 rows in set (0.01 sec)
If an Error message apprears as shown below , then this can be resolved which is explained
after this:
WARNING [2] mysql_connect(): OK packet 6 bytes shorter than expected, Line: 34 in file C:\inetpub\local_intranet\website_updater.php
Steps to fix this issue:
a. vi /etc/my.cnf
b. change old-passwords = 1 to #old-passwords = 1
c. restart mysql
d. change password (change the password of mysql user to the same password}
e. uncomment #old-passwords = 1
f. restart mysql
This will fix the above mysql remote connection issue.
