Hey Luke!
(or anyone else who read this LOL)

I'm using a php program (OSCommerce as a matter of fact) and need my secure server account to speak to my main server and the mysql database over there.

I asked tech support if I can do this and how... The response I got was:

"You should be able to access mysql on your main server from anywhere as long as you allow the IP's you want to allow in the mysql user table. The firewall on your server initially was not allowing connections on mysql's port but this has been corrected. Let us know if you have any problems."


Ok I know thats a YES! LOL

But I don't see the how. I read this... "as long as you allow the IP's you want to allow in the mysql user table." But HOW do I do that? Is this a shell command line operation to add the IP to mysql user table? Is it the specific database I'm looking at or mysql in general?

I have asked this question of support but haven't had a response yet. So in my impatience I thought I'd bug you!!

I really need to read a few books instead of trying to figure things out like this LOL

Thanks,
Gary