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You were absolutely right :( It was a problem with priveleges - the data was in there (host, user etc) but regardless of flushing, nothing happened until I shut down mysqld and restarted it - suddenly I could connect. BTW, I have a more questions on Cypheus - should I ask them here or direct them to the developers? TIA Nigel. On 9 Apr 2003 at 17:06, Sam Kalet wrote: > > As a relative newbie with MySQL, we have left the root account > > unprotected (it's an internal LAN) and are attempting to connect oin > > the default port of 3306. Host name is correct - same as the HylaFAX > > server. User name is root - password is blank. > > > > Any ideas where to start looking please? > > I haven't used Cypheus, but this almost sounds more like a MySQL > question. By default, I'm sure that the root user is only allowed to > connect to a database from localhost. You will most likely need to > look through the privilege sections of the MySQL manual (looks like > sections 4.2 and 4.3) to allow your user to connect to the specific > database from IPs other than localhost. Ideally you'll set this to > the netblock that you are using locally. > -- Nigel Allen, Snr Consultant, ProSmart Consulting Pty Ltd 48 Tiarri Avenue, Terrey Hills, NSW 2084, Australia Tel: +61 2 9450 2690 Fax: +61 2 9450 2691 Mob: +61 4 1494 5269 http://www.prosmart.com.au ____________________ HylaFAX(tm) Users Mailing List _______________________ To subscribe/unsubscribe, click http://lists.hylafax.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi On UNIX: mail -s unsubscribe hylafax-users-request@hylafax.org < /dev/null *To learn about commercial HylaFAX(tm) support, mail sales@hylafax.org.*