Re: telnet localhost 3306 Connection refused

[Gleb Paharenko]

Hello.

Are you sure that mysql is running? Is it possible that you have
skip_networking in your configuration file? See:
  http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/can-not-connect-to-server.html



"Daevid Vincent" <daevid@stripped> wrote:
> What is causing me to have this problem in "mysql  Ver 12.22 Distrib 4.0.24,
> for pc-linux-gnu (i686)". I am running shorewall, but that shouldn't affect
> localhost should it? My firewall, web, and mySQL server are the same
> machine.
> 
> # telnet localhost 3306
> Trying 127.0.0.1...
> telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused
> 
> I've tried to comment, uncomment and change to * this 'bind-address' line in
> /etc/mysql/my.cnf
> # keep secure by default!
> #bind-address    = 127.0.0.1
> #bind-address    = *
> port            = 3306
> 
> Of course, I can't connect from any of the other IP addresses that my mySQL
> server is assigned either:
> 
> # telnet 192.168.1.1 3306
> Trying 192.168.1.1...
> telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused
> 
> # telnet 10.10.10.1 3306
> Trying 10.10.10.1...
> telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused
> 
> 
> # ifconfig
> eth1      Link encap:Ethernet 
>          inet addr:192.168.1.1  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
> lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
>          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
> wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet    
>          inet addr:10.10.10.1  Bcast:10.255.255.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
> 
> 


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