On Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 11:13:09PM -0500, Elizabeth Barham wrote: > Shawn Dunn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/local/mysql# mysql -u root -p > > Enter password: > > ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket > > '/var/run/mysql/mysql.sock' (111) > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/local/mysql# > > That is a connection refused error (111).
Yup, connection refused. Is your mysqld running? <snip> > Anyway, after commenting out 'skip-networking' I could connect from a > remote host. This is almost certainly *not* what you want to do - mysqld has 2 ways to connect to it, a local unix socket file (/var/run/mysql/mysql.sock) or connecting through TCP/IP. By commenting out 'skip-netowrking' you've enabled the latter. This allows connections from the outside world, which is probably bad if your computer is connected to the internet. -Brett
