Damien Desmarets <damienNOSPAMPLEASE@deviantnetwork.com> wrote:
> Kai Ruhnau a écrit :
>>
>> localhost -> Unix socket
>> 127.0.0.1 -> TCP socket
>>
> I wan't change all scripts of my clients, they use localhost for the host.
> I want mysql to stopping using unix socket for localhost and use the IP
> of localhost (changing to a remote server not 127.0.0.1).

That's not possible AFAIK. The "localhost -> socket" rule is hardcoded
in the MySQL client library. You can start mysqld with --skip-socket
to have it not listening on a UNIX socket. But then all your localhost
clients will fail to connect.


XL
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