"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 connection was no longer valid and now I can't connect again.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