1044 on 3.23.51

[Chris Staten]

I'm running mysql version 3.23.51 on Mac OS 10.2 and have administrator 
access.  The program that I am writing attempted to log in at least three 
unsuccessful times and is now locked out.  I am getting a 1044 error and 
everything I've read shows the problem as being with the properties set up 
in the user table.  I've checked the user table and the db table and the 
permissions are all correct.  I went as far as removing all the users from 
mysql and re-entering them with the same privileges, but to no success.  I 
have changed the users completely and given them new log-on IDs and I still 
get denied because of the ip address that I am coming from.  It seems 
that the problem is not in the user or db tables, but rather a property 
set in a system file someplace on the OS X box.  Any suggestions?