not able to connect to mysql I am getting the exception: "Data Source rejected establishment of connection"

hi,
 I am working on linux,I am not able to make a connection to mysql server.
 when I connect to mysql through java the following exception is raising:

     java.sql.SQLException: Data source rejected establishment of connection,  message from server: "Host '10.6.0.172' is not allowed to connect to this MySQL server"
        at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.doHandshake(MysqlIO.java:650)
        at com.mysql.jdbc.Connection.createNewIO(Connection.java:1808)
        at com.mysql.jdbc.Connection.<init>(Connection.java:452)
        at com.mysql.jdbc.NonRegisteringDriver.connect(NonRegisteringDriver.java:411)
        at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:512)
        at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:193)
        at test.main(test.java:29)

I am able to go to mysql through terminal ,create tables ,and insert data.. What would be the problem could u please help me... I used "mysql-connector-java-3.0.17-ga" package to connect..


 		
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