On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 18:16:11 +0100 Norbert Tretkowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Am Freitag, den 16.11.2007, 13:37 -0300 schrieb Dererk: > > I reproduced this and it's not a bug, or, unless, it's a undocumented > > pre-requirement of mysql-server package. > > > > This is caused because, by default on Debian mysql-server comes > > binding mysql port at loopback device, which, if isn't up, fails > > silently. > > I see two ways to fix this: > > - use skip-networking instead bind-address (Christian, can you give me > some details about the change in 4.1.9-2?) "bind-address 127.0.0.1" seems to be a good trade-off between security (not world accessible) and comfort (accessible for local applications which insist to connect via TCP). > - check in mysql-server's preinst script if the lo interface is up, and > abort installation of the package with a meaningful warning if it's > down I have not read the full report yet but if somebody does not have a working 127.0.0.1 then I would consider this a broken server and put the bug on wontfix. But feel free to fix it, Norbert :) bye, -christian- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]