A.2.5. Host 'host_name' is blocked
If you get the following error, it means that
mysqld has received many connect requests
from the host
'host_name' that
have been interrupted in the middle:
Host 'host_name' is blocked because of many connection errors.
Unblock with 'mysqladmin flush-hosts'
The number of interrupted connect requests allowed is determined
by the value of the max_connect_errors system
variable. After max_connect_errors failed
requests, mysqld assumes that something is
wrong (for example, that someone is trying to break in), and
blocks the host from further connections until you execute a
mysqladmin flush-hosts command or issue a
FLUSH HOSTS statement. See
Section 5.2.2, “Server System Variables”.
By default, mysqld blocks a host after 10
connection errors. You can adjust the value by starting the
server like this:
shell> mysqld_safe --max_connect_errors=10000 &
If you get this error message for a given host, you should first
verify that there isn't anything wrong with TCP/IP connections
from that host. If you are having network problems, it does you
no good to increase the value of the
max_connect_errors variable.
