Re: remote mysql login

[Siim Põder <siim.poder_1398 () eesti ee>]

Hi.

On 10.07.2006 15:33, davidhawksuk () yahoo co uk wrote:
> I would like to log into the walleye database remotely to extract its data. 
>
> When checking if the mysql port (3306) is open with nmap it sayes the port is filtered. If I then allow the port by 
> adding it to the list of allowed TCP ports Nmap syaes the port is closed.
>
> How do I open the port so I can connect to the db remotely?

Most propably your mysql server does not open listening network sockets.
Check the config file for skip-networking or bind-address and fix them
so that it would not skip networking and would bind to an accessible
address.

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