Johan, Wednesday, February 27, 2002, 9:53:34 PM, you wrote: JK> Hi All,
JK> I want to make my publicDB available for anonymous access from everywhere JK> and spend hours and hours reading the manuals and FAQ's and searching the JK> web, but can't make it work. JK> After deleting all entries in mysql.user apart from root@localhost: JK> grant select on publicDB.* to johan; works for johan from everywhere JK> grant select on publicDB.* to ""; doesn't work for e.g. johan1 from JK> anywhere, apart from localhost. JK> There is a line: "%" "" "" N N N ... in mysql.user and a line: "%" JK> "public.DB" "" Y N N ... in mysql.db and mysql.host is still empty. JK> I must have overlooked something. Any ideas? JK> I just want _only_ this db to be available for anonymous access to the JK> world. Johan, I have tested your example and it worked fine. Have you set host when tried to connect? Did you specified "skip-networking" flag in my.cnf or in mysqld commandline? JK> Thanks, JK> Johan -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/ This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Victoria Reznichenko / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.net <___/ www.mysql.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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