Connecting to mysqlserver on LAN

[Jochen Kaechelin]

Am Samstag 30 Juli 2005 08:43 schrieb Piltdownster:
> If I telnet the mysqlserver using the command telnet server 3306
> I get:
>
> "... is not allowed to connect to this MySQL serverConnection
> closed by foreign host"
>
> The /etc/hosts and /etc/hosts.allow file contains the corect
> information, so I guess this may be a firewall problem. Any ideas
> on how to connect?
>
> Thanks

Take a look at /etc/mysql/my.conf

# The skip-networking option will no longer be set via debconf menu.
# You have to manually change it if you want networking i.e. the 
server
# listening on port 3306. The default is "disable" - for security 
reasons.
skip-networking
key_buffer              = 16M
max_allowed_packet      = 16M
thread_stack            = 128K
#
# Query Cache Configuration


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