hi there, two times trouble first: right now my setup uses a connection string "db root" which doesn't seam to give a lot of savety :-). at my provider i have a login, but sure no root access to the db. * how does the connection string look for user name "peter-hauser" and password "test3-.2"? * has the user to be set up in "linux" ? * how is the setup made in "mysql"? i tried with "grant all privileges on *.* to "peter-hauser"@localhost;" and "set password for "peter-hauser"=password('test3-.2');" but wasn't successful. * has zope to be run by user "peter-hauser"? second? to set up a 3-tier application i should know how to connect mysql through MySQL-python 0.3.0 and ZMySQLDA 2.0.1 to my db-server. * i can browse from the zope server to the db-server "pit" and otherway round with the names "pit" and "pitechon", so "hosts" file should be correct. * how has the connection string to look like? i tried "db@pit 'peter-hauser'" but it didn't work? * has mysql to be started with an special flag to open a port? * does it work with the ip-number? thanks for help olaf -- soli-con Engineering Zanger Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Olaf Marc Zanger Lorrainestrasse 23 3013 Bern / Switzerland Fon: +41-31-332 9782 Mob: +41-76-572 9782 mailto:info@soli-con.com mailto:olaf.zanger@soli-con.com http://www.soli-con.com