[nflug] mysql

[eric]

It seems you are correct I tried commenting out the port, restarted the
server but 3306 was still showing when port scanned, funny.  Then I did
the skip-networking and it worked.
Thank you both for your help.
Eric

John Seth wrote:

>Technically, commenting the port may work, the recommended way is to
>uncomment the "skip-networking" option in /etc/my.conf, or start MySQL
>with --skip-networking.  This will cause MySQL to only utilize the
>socket, thus connecting to "localhost" will be the only way to connect.
>
>Regards,
>
>  Tony Evans
>
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>eric wrote:
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>>I know there were conversations about this before ...but
>>
>>How does one go about making mysql just use the socket ...so it's port
>>can't be seen if you port scan?  on systems no older than 2 years...
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