[Gllug] MySql question - to which I know the answer, honest guv

[andy at mac1systems.com]

> I've just installed MySql 4.1 on a new Sarge system and the mysql
> daemon process is listening only for local connections:
>
> mythtv at emperor:~$ netstat -ln | grep 3306
> tcp   0      0 127.0.0.1:3306          0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN
>
> Now I've done this many times before and I know exactly how to fix it,
> but...
>
> ...I've forgotten.  Nor can I find it in any of the accompanying
> documentation.
>
> Would someone jog my increasingly unreliable memory and tell me how do
> I tell MySql to listen on *:3306 and not just 127.0.0.1:3306?
>
Have a look in your /etc/my.cnf (or my.ini)

Mine just has
master-port = 3306

I can't see where you'd limit it to localhost.

I had a problem previously where UML stopped external connections on FC4.

Andy



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