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2009/1/28 AllenJB <gentoo-lists@××××××××××.uk> |
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> Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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>> Afternoon all, |
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>> I have mysql running on my workstation and on my local server, and I want |
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>> to connect as an ordinary user from the workstation to the server; I can't. |
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>> This is what happens: |
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>> $ mysql -p -h serv.ethnet |
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>> Enter password: |
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>> ERROR 2003 (HY000): Can't connect to MySQL server on 'serv.ethnet' (111) |
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>> The same thing happens if I try as root. |
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>> I can connect locally as myself or as root on either machine and |
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>> manipulate tables in various ways. I haven't yet installed a firewall on |
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>> either machine. |
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>> I've set DEBUG=4 in /etc/conf.d/mysql on both machines, but nothing shows |
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>> up in /var/log/mysql/*; only some startup debug messages. I've run tcpdump |
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>> on the server, which shows that one packet passes in each direction, |
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>> followed immediately by a reverse lookup of the workstation being sent to |
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>> the name server. I don't know why nothing happens after the name-service |
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>> request is answered, but it seems to imply that the workstation is refusing |
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>> the request itself rather than forwarding it to the server. |
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>> I can't see anything in /etc/conf.d/mysql or in /etc/mysql/* on either |
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>> machine to restrict network access, so what have I missed? |
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> Check the bind-address setting in /etc/my.cnf - if this is 127.0.0.1 then |
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> no other machines will be able to connect to the mysql server. To listen on |
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> all available interfaces, this setting should be "0.0.0.0" or unset. |
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> Also check that skip-networking is not enabled. |
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> Too late for me. |
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