On 8/20/07, Debian Bug Tracking System <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report > #437870: mysql-server-5.0: Host '10.1.1.105' is not allowed to connect to > this MySQL, > which was filed against the mysql-server-5.0 package. > > It has been closed by Christian Hammers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. > > Their explanation is attached below. If this explanation is > unsatisfactory and you have not received a better one in a separate > message then please contact Christian Hammers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> by replying > to this email. > > Debian bug tracking system administrator > (administrator, Debian Bugs database) > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Christian Hammers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Lukasz Szybalski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 22:19:20 +0200 > Subject: Re: [debian-mysql] Bug#437870: mysql-server-5.0: Host '10.1.1.105' > is not allowed to connect to this MySQL > Hello Lokasz > > On 2007-08-14 Lukasz Szybalski wrote: > > Hello, > > I finally figured that root access is disabled as a default. (I > > believe it wasn't the case in previous version, but not sure.) > > > > A user need to create a different user that he will be used to access > > mysql from outside. > > > > section of /usr/share/doc/mysql-server-5.0/README.Debian.gz should > > include this sentence. > > > > * Networking > > ..................................... > > Root access is disabled from any address except for 127.0.0.1. User > > should create a different user to log in from outside of 127.0.0.1 or > > enable root user to login from @. > > Well our README.Debian is already pretty long and I hesitate to add > more notes to it because I fear that people won't read it else.
I always would assume that we should be explicit (make it obvious) then implicit (make people guess) but it is up to you. I agree that long documentation might be a dulling but missing information seems worse to me. I'll leave that call to you. Thanks, for maintaining this package and a fast response. Lucas ps. for google purposes. "Debian etch mysql-server package allows localhost connection only for root account." > > Especially when in this case it is working as described in the manual. MySQL > has access lists with host, user, password fields etc so if it says > "rejected" it's likely that they miss [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > BTW, if you're new to MySQL have a look at the "mysqlaccess" tool. > It's handy to find out which rights a user will have. > > bye, > > -christian- > > > -- -- Linux is not magic. It just works. http://www.lucasmanual.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
