I found how to bind to addrees to but didn't find anything in my.ini about
skip-networking.... but now I have this problem where the I can't connect
locally sitting at the computer using hostname localhost.... if I type in
the IP address of the computer I get a messsage saying "{Hostname} is not
allowed to connect to this MySQL server"Ferindo On 6/21/07, Baron Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi, Ferindo Middleton wrote: > I've installed MySQL5 on a machine running Windows XP. I'm not an advanced > user so I chose all the default configuration settings when I went through > the setup wizard for the server instance. The database works fine and I can > access it when I'm sitting at the computer through the command line client > and MySQL Query Browser. However, if I try to access the server instance > from another computer on my LAN via MySQL Query Browser, I get a message > saying the connection is refused.... How do I configure the server to allow > incoming connections from other computers on my network? > Try to configure bind-address to the server's IP address, and ensure skip-networking is not defined. Baron
-- Ferindo Middleton Web Application Developer/Database Administrator/IT Infrastructure and Integration Management Specialist/Perception Augmentation and Control Supplementation Research Specialist for AI Wetware-to-Software Interface and Design -Sleekcollar-
