You may want to check the access permissions in mysql.

Run: mysql -u root -p
then: select * from mysql.user;

   I have found that some of the default entries need to be removed.

At 6:46 PM +0800 11/20/01, Luie delos Santos wrote:
>let me just make some correction to my previous post.
>
>>
>>>Can you connect to the database from the local machine?  How about
>>>connecting in any way from Apache?
>>>
>>
>>yes, i can connect to the database from the local machine
>I tried editing the .php file:
>I found out that when I use...
>@ $db = mysql_pconnect("localhost", "root", "password");
>I can connect to the database from both the local & remote machines,
>but when I use...
>@ $db = mysql_pconnect("localhost", "user1", "password1");
>the browser displays an error message saying "can't connect to the database".
>in other words I can only connect to mysql database if i use *root* 
>in the .php file.
>

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