Connecting to mysqlserver on LAN

[Piltdownster]

Steve Torrefranca wrote:

>>"... is not allowed to connect to this MySQL serverConnection closed by
>>foreign host"
>>
>>The /etc/hosts and /etc/hosts.allow file contains the corect information,
>>so I guess this may be a firewall problem. Any ideas on how to connect?
> 
> this is more than a firewall problem.
> 
> You have to comment out this line
> bind-address           = 127.0.0.1
> from /etc/mysql/my.cnf

Steve,

Many thanks for your reply. In /etc/mysql/my.cnf I don't have a bind-address
line.