mysqlshow question

[Berman, Mikhail]

Hi everyone,
 
My  "/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqlshow --host=xxx--user=xxx
--password=xxxx" command hangs.
 
I can ping host from local machine
I can "locally" execute mysqlshow command on the host.
I can "locally" execute mysqlshow command on remote server
My environment is UNIX with MySQL 4.1.xx installed on both local server
and host.
 
Any help is greatly appreciated, 
 
Mikhail Berman