EdB wrote:
>
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>
> Subject: Newbie: Access Denied trouble
> Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 14:16:15 -0700
> From: EdB <edb@stripped>
> To: MySQL <mysql@stripped>
>
> i DID read the manual...
>
> MySQL starts (x86-Linux 2.0.35), but I cannot shut it down, change
> password, or any other mysqladmin functions outside of version and
> variables.
>
> After investigating the manuals, I *think* my problem is...
>
> localhost is a synonym for your local hostname, and is also the default
> host to which clients
> try to connect if you specify no host explicitly. However, connections
> to localhost do not
> work if you are running on a system that uses MIT-pthreads (localhost
> connections are made using Unix sockets, which are not supported by
> MIT-pthreads). To avoid this problem on such systems, you should use the
> --host option to name the server host explicitly. This will make a
> TCP/IP connection to the mysqld server. In this case, you must have your
> real hostname in user table entries on the server host. (This is true
> even if you are running a client program on the same host as the
> server.)
>
> Ummm... I have no idea what 'name the server host explicitly' means, or
> how to place my 'real hostname in user table entries on the server
> host'.
>
> Is is OK to ask for Help now?
>
> --EdB <edb@stripped>
> http://www.geocities.com/Area51/3339
>
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Can you post the exact text of the error message you are getting?
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