rich braun writes: > You probably have a [client] section in a my.cnf or .my.cnf > file on those other working hosts, which sets defaults for > username / password / host / socket. Or you have explicitly > done a grant for 'user'@'localhost'. For historic reasons, > the % wildcard character does NOT match the string > "localhost", that's probably the mystifying part of this.
hmmmm ... there are no .my.cnf on any of the working hosts, and the /etc/my.cnf.d files are the same on the working and new hosts. however, i had created ~/.my.cnf on the new host with a client for root with a password (in one of my many fiddles trying to get things to work). i just deleted it and now no longer need the -S option -- back in business. thanks for your help. ole dan j. daniel moylan 84 harvard ave brookline, ma 02446-6202 617-777-0207 (cel) j...@moylan.us www.moylan.us [no html pls] _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss