From: Warren Young
Date: November 29 2004 4:07pm
Subject: Re: MySQL 4.1 and MySQL++ 1.7.23: "Bad handshake"
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Ney André de Mello Zunino wrote:

> So I tried leaving the 
> password blank and was finally able to connect. 

Clearly zunio@localhost does not have a password, then.  Are you running 
into the issue in MySQL where localhost uses a separate grant rule than 
connections from other hosts?