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Re: mysqld listening to the network interface



On Tue, 8 Jul 2003, 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...)
>
> thanks for any ideas you may have.

look in your /etc/mysql/my.cnf file for the line

'skip-networking', and comment it.

restart mysql and you should be cooking.

Regards,

Brad Lay ( brad /at/ coombabah.net )

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