Re: port 3306 help

[Sean Burlington]

Ulas B. Baloglu wrote:

I tried to remote mysql db, but I guess port 3306 is blocked
can anyone send me a method to change firewall settings and unblock it, or to stop firewall temporarily.
Thanks,
ulash

mysql isn't network enabled by default

if you want to connect remotely you first have to comment out the follwing from /etc/mysql/my.cnf

# The skip-networkin option will no longer be set via debconf menu.
# You have to manually change it if you want networking i.e. the server
# listening on port 3306. The default is "disable" - for security #reasons.
skip-networking

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Sean


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