HTTP 403 error when connecting to MySQL

Question

Hello all. I have read a few posts that are similar in nature to the issue that I am having. Before I run off to the Ubuntu discussion forum,  I thought that I would run this by some of the resident gurus. First, my setup.
Running DW CS6 on my laptop. OS = Windows 7 Pro
Have MySQL, PHP, Apache2 running on Ubuntu Server edition v.12.04.3 LTS Codename precise
The Ubuntu server is running as a Hyper-V VM in Windows Server 2012
Conecting via FTP to the server and web directory that holds my PHP content functions just as it should.
Connecting to the MySQL database on the other hand is a different story. My database and tables are both setup. And, I can connect to the database via a require connect.php test file that I have written. I use the same credentials in this file and the CS6 database setup.
Here are two screen shots of some results. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Peter
And the HTTP error 403

Answer 1

Thank you for the prompt reply Ben. I appreciate it. This is all that my phpmyadmin.conf consists of:
So, am I to understand from your post that CS6 database setup uses phpmyadmin to communicate with MySQL?
# phpMyAdmin default Apache configuration
Alias /phpmyadmin /usr/share/phpmyadmin
<Directory /usr/share/phpmyadmin>
    Options FollowSymLinks
    DirectoryIndex index.php
    <IfModule mod_php5.c>
        AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
        php_flag magic_quotes_gpc Off
        php_flag track_vars On
        php_flag register_globals Off
        php_admin_flag allow_url_fopen Off
        php_value include_path .
        php_admin_value upload_tmp_dir /var/lib/phpmyadmin/tmp
        php_admin_value open_basedir /usr/share/phpmyadmin/:/etc/phpmyadmin/:/var/lib/phpmyadmin/
    </IfModule>
</Directory>
# Authorize for setup
<Directory /usr/share/phpmyadmin/setup>
    <IfModule mod_authn_file.c>
    AuthType Basic
    AuthName "phpMyAdmin Setup"
    AuthUserFile /etc/phpmyadmin/htpasswd.setup
    </IfModule>
    Require valid-user
</Directory>
# Disallow web access to directories that don't need it
<Directory /usr/share/phpmyadmin/libraries>
    Order Deny,Allow
    Deny from All
</Directory>
<Directory /usr/share/phpmyadmin/setup/lib>
    Order Deny,Allow
    Deny from All
</Directory>