[TriLUG] what could block port=3306?

[Alan Porter]

Make sure someone is actually LISTENING on port 3306.

$ netstat -plnt

You should see one line like this:
tcp   0   0  127.0.0.1:3306   0.0.0.0:*   LISTEN   5002/mysqld 


In my case, mysqld is only listening on the 'lo' interface.
Make sure that mysql is not using UNIX sockets (which use
a file handle instead of an IP address).

Alan






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