Maybe it does, or maybe it doesn't; but if you're connecting to your server on the localhost, you're probably connecting through a pipe/UNIX type socket instead of over the network. This might be the distinction that matters in this case; does @localhost in this context mean through a non-network communications channel on the localhost rather than over the 127.0.0.1 network interface?
Andy On Wed, 25 Jun 2003, Roman Neuhauser wrote: > your MUA doesn't properly represent quotation marks, breaking them > in other MUAs. > > # [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2003-06-25 04:51:49 -0700: > > This follows on a previous mail from me: > > > > When using > > GRANT ALL ON *.* TO [EMAIL PROTECTED] IDENTIFIED BY > > ?password? > > > > I could not get the password authentication to kick > > in. Only supplying no password (empty string) > > succeeded. Even after doing ?SET PASSWORD?? and ?FLUSH > > PRIVILEGES?. > > > > Then I tried > > GRANT ALL ON *.* TO [EMAIL PROTECTED] IDENTIFIED BY > > ?password? > > > > And now it works ? the new password must be supplied > > for the user to logon. > > Does the ?%? domain not include the localhost domain? > > If not, what is the use of the ?%? domain? When should > > I use ?%? and when ?localhost? ? > > I believe "%" doesn't include "localhost", but I could be wrong. > > -- Andy Stubbs, B.A., Ph.D. Network Manager, Active Hotels Ltd. +44 1223 578106 -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
