"Kent Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 08/08/2005 04:50:15 PM:

> I am having inconsistent behavior maintaining a remote connection 
> with MySql Administrator/Browser. Brand new installations of clients
> on Windows XP and MySql server on Windows 2003 server. It worked 
> fine at first then suddenly I could no longer connect (Error #1045. 
> Access denied for user '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Using password: YES). I tweaked 
> permissions to the [EMAIL PROTECTED] (MDAS2 is the name of the client 
> machine) to add SELECT for both the mysql and  information_schema 
> schemas. Connections worked well for most of today when suddenly my 
> connection was no longer valid and now I can't connect again. Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Kent Roberts
> Missoula, MT
> 

DNS issues? 

Reverse DNS lookups seem to be emerging as a weak point for MySQL. Try 
running your server with --skip-name-resolve and setting your permissions 
to be IP address (not domain name) specific and see if the problem 
persists.

Shawn Green
Database Administrator
Unimin Corporation - Spruce Pine

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