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Rob Beard wrote: > >> Access denied for user 'steppicouk230_1'@'superultra28.uk2.net' (using >> password: YES) >> > I'd say it's more of a password problem with the user trying to connect > to the MySQL database. Yes it is the error show from the PHP mysql_connect function (and possibly other languages). If it is PHP, suggests that the PHP settings aren't paranoid enough. As I suspect they have display errors set to 1 which is recommended against on servers facing the internet, as it leaks information like database username, and database server name, and whether password authentication is in use. Of course disabling it means you have to give external PHP users some other secured access to the error log, but that is useful to do anyway. http://www.php.net/manual/en/errorfunc.configuration.php#ini.display-errors -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html