Re: why does MySQL need to access the internet? my firewall wants to know

2002-07-29 Thread Francisco Reinaldo
Hi, Are you sure that is trying to access the internet. It may be trying to open the port, remember that MySQL needs 3306 (by default) to communicate with the server. I think if you just open that port, everything will be ok. Bye and Good Luck. --- Matthew K. Gold [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi,

RE: why does MySQL need to access the internet? my firewall wants to know

2002-07-29 Thread Dan Vande More
Yes, it is most certainly because mysql wants to open port 3306. If it's zone alarm, it probably says it's trying to access 127.0.0.1. -Original Message- From: Francisco Reinaldo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 7:26 AM To: Matthew K. Gold; MySQL Subject: Re: why

Re: why does MySQL need to access the internet? my firewall wants to know

2002-07-29 Thread Matthew K. Gold
thanks, everyone for your answers. It was trying to access 127.0.0.1, and I now know that this is the same thing as localhost. best, Matt - Original Message - From: Dan Vande More [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Francisco Reinaldo [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Matthew K. Gold [EMAIL PROTECTED]; MySQL