On 15 Jan 2006 10:07:26 -0800, Tim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to open port 3306 on my Debian server to the LAN. I already > have a firewall separating me from the outside world, so my server can > be completely open if necessary. Unfortunately, I can't seem to get > iptables to do what I want. The port 3306 is accessible from the > loopback adapter (lo) but not from my network card (eth0). When I try > to connect to mysql from another machine on port 3306 using telnet, I > get "Connection refused."
[big snip] from /etc/mysql/my.cnf: # Instead of skip-networking the default is now to listen only on # localhost which is more compatible and is not less secure. bind-address = 127.0.0.1 192.168.0.1 Check that (and set your ip accordingly) -- ~ Darryl ~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://smartssa.com / http://darrylclarke.com
