JDeveloper/MySql: 'access denied'

[dan]

I'm trying to develop a web application using JDeveloper/MySql...
My 'try-out' servlet ends here:
conn =
DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost/eyes?user=me&password=pwd");
saying 
"Access denied for user 'me'@'localhost.localdomain' (using password:
YES) 11045 228000"
user me has been granted 'all' and the database eyes is accessible via
the commandline.
Any help is appreciated!
I'm running on Fedora Core 4.