I suddenly have lost the ability to connect to the MySQL server from my remote host and can not figure out what is wrong. I have searched for the last couple of days and cannot figure out why.
I am running MySql 5.0.0 on Linux Suse 9.1 I normally connect to MySQL from Windows XP Pro using either the .Net connector and/or the ODBC connector. When I check the variables it shows that the port is set to 3306 But when I run the following it appears that TCP is not working correctly. linux:~ # netstat -l | grep mysql tcp 0 0 *:mysql *:* LISTEN unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 4671 /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock If I log in via SSH or from a shell on the Linux box itself I can connect to the database in any of the following ways: mysql -u user_name -p database_name mysql -u user_name -p -h localhost database_name mysql -u user_name -p -h 127.0.0.1 database_name mysql -u user_name -p -h the_static_ip_address database_name As soon as I try to connect from Windows XP using the .Net connector, the ODBC connector, MySQL Query Browser or MySQL Administrator I get the following error: Could not connect to the specified instance. MySQL Error Nr. 2003 Can't connect to MySQL server on 'xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx' (10060) I am able to successfully ping the IP address of the Linux machine. Here is what is listed in the /etc/my.cnf file [mysqld] datadir=/var/lib/mysql port=3306 socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock [mysql.server] basedir=/usr/bin Any assistance is greatly appreciated. Doug
