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<pre wrap=""><!---->No, this still comes up as localhost.
I tried setting to hostname to the IP address of the server, but this
gives me "Lost connection to MySQL server at 'reading initial
communication packet', system error: 111"...
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I apologise, I am not cleverer than a 10 year old - I has created the
user permissions on the database running on my netbook not on the
server I thought I had ssh'd to... :blush:<br>
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It does indeed work as expected with 'localhost'.<br>
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Thanks for all your help though.<br>
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DM<br>
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