Re: mysqld listening to the network interface

[Thijs Welman <thijs@balpol.tudelft.nl>]

Hi,

David Wilk wrote:

> I have another mysql question for ya.  I remember setting up mysqld in
> slink and it was a breeze to get it listening on the network.  
>
> I figured the mysqld in woody would be just as easy.  Unfortunately, a
> netstat -a shows no sign of mysqld (even tho I verified it's running)
> and I can't for the life of me figure out where the config is to enable
> this.  All the docs indicate how to *disable* the network daemon, not
> enable.
>
> Is the woody default to *not* listen on the network?  Is there a way to
> change this (has to be...)

I guess you'd just have to comment
"skip-networking"

in /etc/mysql/my.cnf
cheers,

-- Thijs