Re: mysql bind-address refuses to work

[Robert Vangel <vangelr@rfgt.net>]

schnitzelmeister wrote:
> In my.cnf I have:
>  bind-address            = localhost
>
> This does not work. netstat shows the server bound to both the public
> and loopback ip addresses.
>
> I'm running "mysql  Ver 14.7 Distrib 4.1.11, for pc-linux-gnu (i386) on
> Sarge.
>
> Any ideas? Thanks

Where do you have the bind-address?

It needs to be in the [mysqld] section, and also try using 127.0.0.1 
instead of localhost