Dan McCullough wrote: > However I'm looking to setup some MySQL monitor and administration > tools and I need to access my live database. However I know there is > 1 or 2 entries in the mysql table that you need to make to allow > access, I cant seem to find the right two entries. I think its in the > Database and Host tables. You need to use the GRANT command -- <http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/grant.html> and make sure that you don't have "skip-networking" in either the configuration or startup files. (And you don't have your MySQL port blocked by iptables or similar.) And if you're still having problems at that point: <http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/can-not-connect-to-server.html> HTH! -- Hassan Schroeder ----------------------------- hassan at webtuitive.com Webtuitive Design === (+1) 408-938-0567 === http://webtuitive.com dream. code.