On Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:57:41 +0100, Paul Reeves <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wednesday 13 March 2013 15:40:28 marius adrian popa wrote: >> Here is how is my current config >> sudo netstat -tap | grep gds >> tcp 0 0 localhost:gds_db *:* >> LISTEN 6955/fbserver >> /etc/firebird/2.5/firebird.conf >> RemoteBindAddress = 127.0.0.1 >> >> also mysql is configured the same way from start >> sudo cat /etc/mysql/my.cnf | grep 127.0.0.1 >> bind-address = 127.0.0.1 >> >> >> ps: >> by default firebird in debian/ubuntu is listening on *.gds_db >> > > What is the problem that this solves?
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