Ken Moore wrote: > I have a program, > Navicat (a really great remote DB tool) which cannot connect to MySQL on > a remote Linux server. What version of MySQL? Are you able to login with a regular-level user (USAGE only for most db's, regular access on 1 or more db's)? Can you connect/login remotely via command line? You aren't by any chance trying to login to a MySQL 4.1 server with a pre-4.1 client?[0] [0] http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/old-client.html -- Maximillian Von Schwanekamp http://www.neptunewebworks.com/