mysql -h 127.0.0.1 -u user -p --port=2000
Murad Nayal wrote:
>Hello,
>
>how can I force mysql interactive client (actually the client library as
>well) to use a TCP port on the local host
>
>if I do:
>
>mysql -h localhost -u user -p --port=2000
>
>I get:
>
>ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
>'/tmp/mysql.sock'
>
>what might be a problem is: it seems, for reasons I don't entirely
>understand possibly related to the network configuration on this node, I
>need to use the name 'localhost' rather than the actual name of the
>node!
>
>thanks in advance for the help
>
>Murad
>
>
