On Sun, Jan 20, 2002 at 01:08:04PM +0100, Henning Sprang wrote: > > > > Try using "localhost" instead of "my".local.hostname". Since you > > didn't use the `-g' option for SSH, I wouldn't expect what you're > > doing to work. See the SSH docs for why. > > hmm, that won't work at all, as there is a "real" mysql server > runnning on the same machine, using localhost or no hostname will > result in the local unix socket configured with the mysql client > will be used, ignoring the port number given on the command line, > and only connecting me to the locally running daemon, as far as my > exoerience goes.
Okay, how about using 127.0.0.1 then? Or inventing an alias which points to 127.0.0.1 and using it? Jeremy -- Jeremy D. Zawodny, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Technical Yahoo - Yahoo Finance Desk: (408) 349-7878 Fax: (408) 349-5454 Cell: (408) 685-5936 MySQL 3.23.41-max: up 17 days, processed 416,224,689 queries (269/sec. avg) --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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