Re: Connecting via 127.0.0.1 (was Need to force Mysql to use port, NOT socket)

[Dan Nelson]

In the last episode (Nov 26), twig les said:
> In this episode I figured out that the problem is not
> stunnel or the remote connection.  I simply cant log
> in with the command:
> 
> mysql -u root -h 127.0.0.1 -p
> 
> I just get a connection refused message.  There should
> be a trick here that I'm missing if history is a
> lesson, but I'm a noob to mysql.  Anyone know it?  I

Make sure you don't have the skip-networking option enabled (check
my.cnf and your startup scripts).  If you didn't set it I can't tell
you who did, though :)

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	Dan Nelson
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