ML wrote: > Rick, > >> have you tried to telnet to port 3306 of the machine where the mysql >> server is located, from your home machine? if so, what do you get? >> If you're successful you'll get a connect bit that includes a string >> that will show your mysql server version number. if you don't have >> mysql access you'll likely see a mysqld reject of some nature. if >> there's a network issue you'll just get a hang or you could get an >> unreachable error. > > Yup, it works: > > $ telnet 173.13.167.209 3306 > Trying 173.13.167.209... > Connected to mail.mailnewsrss.com. > Escape character is '^]'. > > 4 > 5.0.77aWqQ!OMq,slG]|xft5L[fConnection closed by foreign host. Does the source address that the server sees (check with netstat or tcpdump) match what you've permitted in mysql? -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos