RE: RH 8.0 and mySQL

["nate" <redhat aphroland org>]

Richard Humphrey said:
> OK ran service iptables stop and it stopped so apparently some
> configuration was running. I was in error before when I said I could not
> telnet to it. It actuallys aid I connected, but then immediate gave me
> connection closed by foreign host error.  It still does this after
> stopping iptables.

sounds like mysql is using tcp_wrappers, check your logs, and try
adding something like

ALL : IP_OF_REMOTE_SERVER

you can narrow it down probably by doing

mysqld : IP_OF_REMOTE_SERVER

or
mysql : IP_OF_REMOTE_SERVER

not sure which it would be.

nate