Can you telnet into anything else? How about a webserver? Try port 80 or 25 if you have a mail server. If you can't, you need to make sure you have telnet rights
-----Original Message----- From: Jianping Zhu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 1:58 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: problem in telent to mysql server I use: telnet mysqlserverhostname 3306 and get following response: Host 'mylocalcomputer' is not allowed to connect to this MySQL server What does this mean? and how to fix the problem? Thanks --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php