> without flags to tell it otherwise, nmap only scan ports 1-1024, > higher numbered ports would have to be specified via nmap -p 1-5000 > but see how much longer it takes.
Bingo. That was it. I see now that I've had port 3306 open until recently. I'm working on verifying that the mysql users have passwords. - Grant >> I've got a couple security questions for you guys. >> >> Is there a way to verify I've set a password for mysql's root? >> >> I was previously running mysqld without --skip-networking until I >> noticed port: 3306 was referenced in mysqld.err. The strange thing is >> 'nmap localhost' never found an open 3306 port and I wasn't running a >> firewall on that system. Does this behavior make sense to anyone? >> >> - Grant -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=arch...@jab.org
