I didn't realize you were trying to telnet to a client. You cannot do that. You need to telnet to the SERVER. Whatever the server is
You need to make sure the user you are trying to use has access rights for the user for telnet -----Original Message----- From: Paul DuBois [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 2:19 PM To: Jianping Zhu Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: problem in telent to mysql server At 14:58 -0500 3/14/02, Jianping Zhu wrote: >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? The MySQL client-server protocol is a binary protocol. It makes no sense to telnet to the server. > >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