bruce wrote: > hi michael. > > no real magic. on the mysql db, you need to ensure that you've granted the > 'user' for the db/tbl the correct privileges for the db/table. the 'grant' > function allows you to set the db, table, user, passwd, port, host > attributes. check the mysql docs for the precise command usage. That I'd done. Within mysql I'm pretty much in my element. It turned out to be an iptable problem. Thanks for the help, though