setting up an internal TLD

[Daniel T. Staal]

On Thu, October 19, 2006 9:29 pm, Mike Taylor said:

> /usr/local/bin/mysqladmin -u root password <password>
>
>
> worked fine, but when I tried to run:
>
> /usr/local/bin/mysqladmin -u root -h homebox.localnet.dot password
> <password>
>
> I got the message:
>
> /usr/local/bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'homebox.localnet.dot'
> failed
> error: 'Host 'homebox.localnet.dot' is not allowed to connect to this
> MySQL server'

As a quick guess, I'd guess that the second command tried to attach via
TCP sockets instead of Unix sockets, and that your install of MYSQL isn't
set up to allow TCP sockets.  (In other words: It tried to connect as if
it were a remote host, and you only have local connections set up.)

It may not be right, but it is a place to start looking.

Daniel T. Staal

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