[plug] mysql server

[James Devenish]

Hi,

In message <200409221623.13818.russ at powerstech.com>
on Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 04:23:13PM +0800, Russ Powers wrote:
> I've got mysql server running on one machine on my lan and I'm trying
> to get to it from another machine on my lan. Mysql variables shows
> port 3306. I keep getting the error message:

MySQL might only be listening on the loopback ("localhost") interface.
What happens if you go to the client machine and run:

% telnet servername mysql

Does it report "connection refused"? What OS are you using?