I would check the grant tables to see if host 127.0.0.1 has permission to access the DB. Even though they are the same thing, I don't know if mysqld treats them as the same thing.
Eugene At 03:15 AM 11/09/2001 -0800, you wrote: >Hello, > >Are there any obvious reasons why > >mysql -h localhost >works and >mysql -h 127.0.0.1 >does not. > >It says : ERROR 2003: Can't connect to MySQL server on '127.0.0.1' >(110) > > >/etc/hosts contain : >127.0.0.1 localhost > >as a first line. > > -- To put my contact info into your Palm device, click here: http://signature.coola.com/?[EMAIL PROTECTED] Personal Signature Coolet --------------------------------------------------------------------- Eugene Mah, M.Sc., DABR [EMAIL PROTECTED] Medical Physicist/Misplaced Canuck [EMAIL PROTECTED] Department of Radiology "For I am a Bear of Very Little Medical University of South Carolina Brain, and long words Bother Charleston, South Carolina me." Winnie the Pooh http://home.netcom.com/~eugenem/ PGP KeyID = 0x1F9779FD, 0x319393F4 PGP keys available on request ICQ 3113529 O- --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
