This is a local connection. Thanks again!
Drew On Wed, 2004-07-28 at 17:33, Victor Pendleton wrote: > My apologies I was reading an ip address. Have you tried logging in from the > server itself? Since this is the initial install I think root needs to log > in from the localhost. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Hall > To: Victor Pendleton > Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED] ' > Sent: 7/28/04 4:35 PM > Subject: RE: connection problems > > Yes I have. The hostname of the box returned with 'hostname' is the > fqdn and is in the format of blah.1.2.3.net. > > Drew > > On Wed, 2004-07-28 at 17:16, Victor Pendleton wrote: > > Can you check the host name again? You have a five segment address. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Andrew Hall > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 7/28/04 3:55 PM > > Subject: connection problems > > > > Greetings, > > > > I have what I hope is an easy problem. I have installed mysql 4.0.20 > > and when I execute mysqladmin to set the root password using the -h > flag > > my hostname is truncated, and I get a connection refused message. > > > > The hostname on this box is a fqdn like blah.1.2.3.net. My command > line > > is "mysqladmin -u root -h blah.1.2.3.net password 'test'" > > > > mysqladmin -u root -h blah.1.2.3.net password "test" > > /path/to/mysql/bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'blah.1.2.3.net' > > failed > > error: 'Host 'blah' is not allowed to connect to this MySQL server' > > > > Can anyone shed any light on why the hostname is being truncated? Am > I > > missing something obvious here? > > > > Thank you in advance, > > > > Andrew > > > > > > -- > > MySQL General Mailing List > > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > > To unsubscribe: > > http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
