Trouble to allow users to connect to my MySQL Server

[Arthur Clerc]

I'm on Windows 7, and I use MySQL 5.6.

I followed several tutorials on internet to allow remote access to my MySQL server on my machine but none worked.

What I did :

- Installation of MySQL server
- Modifying my.cnf : binding the IP bind-address to my computer so not (127.0.0.1)
- Opening 3306 ports on my livebox
- Granting some privileges to users
Where I am :

My MySQL service doesn't want to start when I have a bind-address in my.cnf. It starts when bind-address is commented.

I get the following error :

2015-03-01 12:14:12 12216 [Note] Server hostname (bind-address): '...'; port: 3306
2015-03-01 12:14:12 12216 [Note] - '...' resolves to '...';
2015-03-01 12:14:12 12216 [Note] Server socket created on IP: '...'.
2015-03-01 12:14:12 12216 [ERROR] Can't start server: Bind on TCP/IP port: No such file or directory
2015-03-01 12:14:12 12216 [ERROR] Do you already have another mysqld server running on port: 3306 ?
2015-03-01 12:14:12 12216 [ERROR] Aborting
When I'm trying to do a netstat, port 3306 is not used. When I change the port in my.cnf to another, I get the same error.

Thanks for your reply.

Arthur