my.cnf file on server 2 server-id = 2 log-bin = mysql-bin log-slave-updates replicate-same-server-id = 0 auto_increment_increment = 1 auto_increment_offset = 2 master-host = 192.168.1.40 master-user =mysql my.cnf file on server 1 server-id = 1 log-bin = mysql-bin log-slave-updates replicate-same-server-id = 0 auto_increment_increment = 1 auto_increment_offset = 1 master-host = 192.168.1.34 master-user = mysql I am trying to have a circular replication and using this url, but it aint just happening. http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2006/04/20/advanced-mysql-replication.html?page=2 PS:i had not set any user or pswd for the database