I guess if you are updating user columns directly, you need to restart mysqld in order for changes to take effect... I think, that was a case with me... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Juan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 5:24 PM Subject: Host "" is not allowed to connect to this MySQL Server Hi, When I try to connect from another machine (using MySQL Front) I'm getting the following error message: ============================================== Error Connection failed 1130 - Host "" is not allowed to connect to this MySQL Server ============================================== I changed the user to Host = "%" into user table to connect from any host and add a record into host table with my host, but I'm still getting the same error message. How can I connect from other host? The message contains an empty host name ... (!?) Why? TIA, Juan. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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