On Monday 02 August 2004 22:34, James Weisensee wrote: > What does your '/etc/hosts' file contain? Sounds like > it may have the following entry: > > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain > > change it to: > > 127.0.01 localhost
Actually, it has 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost (two entries) > Yes, add 'localhost.localdomain' to mysql.user Got it. > another option, Why not just SSH to 'daisy' and issue: > > shell> mysql -u root -p > > and let it default to localhost. Well, I did get that to work, but I'm trying to understand why... Michael's explanation of the difference between 127... and localhost with the sockets vs TCP made a lot of sense. -- Whil Moving to Linux: Freedom, Choice, Security, Opportunity http://www.hentzenwerke.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
