The sysadmin just made SSL connection compulsory and since then I'm not able to access the mysql db anymore from R (even if I'm able to access it through Workbench) using the package RMysql. I tried multiple options without success and here is the error I get in R Studio:
Error in .local(drv, ...) :
Failed to connect to database: Error: Access denied for user 'blabla'@'host.blablabla' (using password: YES)
I read that I should modify my cnf file, but as I could not find it I created one in the /etc folder and still did not work. Should I save it somewhere else? Am I missing something?