Re: port 3306 help

[Sean Burlington <sean@uncertainty.org.uk>]

Ulas B. Baloglu wrote:
> I tried to remote mysql db, but I guess port 3306 is blocked
> can anyone send me a method to change firewall settings and unblock it, 
> or to stop firewall temporarily.
> Thanks,
> ulash

mysql isn't network enabled by default

if you want to connect remotely you first have to comment out the 
follwing from /etc/mysql/my.cnf

# The skip-networkin option will no longer be set via debconf menu.
# You have to manually change it if you want networking i.e. the server
# listening on port 3306. The default is "disable" - for security #reasons.
skip-networking

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Sean