If you are just doing a port scan, that shouldn't be a problem. However, if you are going to the DB server, you will need to grant at least 'usage' permissions to user@host via the GRANT statement.
Regards, Bhavin. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "MySQL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 1:29 PM Subject: max_connections > I've written a small port monitor in perl, just to check and make sure > something > is responding on the port. I don't want to do anything fancy, but it > appears that > MySQL doesn't like this. It doesnt block connections from localhost (thank > > goodness), but my remote port monitor gets locked out. > > I'm not sending any data, I'm just establishing and then closing the > connection > to the port. > > Is there any way to exempt a specific host(s)? Or is there an easy way in > perl to > tell the server that I'm just checking, so go ahead and disconnect me? > > Mark R. Andrachek, Jr. > Analyst I > Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (804) 697-7971 > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
