Hi,
I ever tried to set up a linux server and access mysql database from window vfp client. However, since it is a "try and error" therefore I am not very sure about it. As what I remember, you may try to set up samba in linux server first in order to "attach" linux server to window network. Then, download mySQL ODBC driver and then you can conect to mySQL database using SQLConnect.
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