::1 is the IPv6 address for localhost.
On 18 Dec 2011, at 09:17, lourenstcc wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I installed mysql for mac os x. Now I am inspecting mysql.user and I
> see entries for root which I am not to confident with.
> On a debian installation there is no host=::1 entry
> Can you explain this entry? (Could I have inadvertantly made it
> myself?)
>
>
>
> Here:
> mysql> select user, host, password from mysql.user;
> +-----------+----------------
> +-------------------------------------------+
> | user | host |
> password |
> +-----------+----------------
> +-------------------------------------------+
> | root | localhost | |
> | root | mbprebel.local | |
> | root | 127.0.0.1 | |
> | root | ::1
> | |
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Lourens
>
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