i can&#39;t help but i checked my my.cnf and there&#39;s nothing close to your problem. this is my unmodified .cnf <br><br clear="all"><span style="font-size:12px"><div><font face="&#39;courier new&#39;, monospace">[root@lenana]# cat /etc/my.cnf<br>

[mysqld]<br>datadir=/var/lib/mysql<br>socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock<br>user=mysql<br># Disabling symbolic-links is recommended to prevent assorted security risks<br>symbolic-links=0<br><br>[mysqld_safe]<br>log-error=/var/log/mysqld.log<br>

pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid<br>[root@lenana]#<br><br></font></div><div><font face="&#39;courier new&#39;, monospace">-erastus</font></div><div style="font-family:verdana"><br></div></span><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 10:39 AM, joe mwirigi <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:joemwirigi@gmail.com" target="_blank">joemwirigi@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

@kip,<div><br></div><div>The pings both return normal, my problem is getting mysql to re-learn that localhost== 127.0.0.1. and actually allow connections from localhost as would from the ip. This affects all apps that have localhost as the &#39;host&#39;</div>


<div><br></div><div>I also have the paths to mysqld.sock well defined</div><div><br></div><div>rgds<div class="im"><br clear="all"><i><font color="#666666">_______________________________________________________________<br>

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<br><br></div><div><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 10:29 AM, kipropest <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:kipropbrian@gmail.com" target="_blank">kipropbrian@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

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What does ping localhost say.<div><br></div><div>Also try coffee. <br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div>On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 8:25 AM, joe mwirigi <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:joemwirigi@gmail.com" target="_blank">joemwirigi@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>



</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div>Hi All,<div>I encountered a unique problem(to me) While i was setting up remote Mysql Access to a server.</div>


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</div><div>(1). Edited my.cnf to bind at the server address instead of 127.0.0.1</div><div>(2). Allowed access from my remote ip on the iptables</div>
<div>(3) Added host to mysql and granted access to the database</div><div>(4) Realized something was wrong all &#39;localhost&#39; configs could no longer access db -shoot! I reverted to the old my.cnf</div><div>(5)Hell broke and could no longer access server via localhost as host but can access only though 127.0.0.1 as host.</div>




<div><br></div><div>Stuff I have checked and done</div><div>(1) /etc/hosts had the directive that localhost is 127.0.0.1</div><div>(2) Passwords on mysql user are Ok</div><div>(3) Reset users,host and passwords but still access denied for user@localhost </div>




<div>(4) Restarted mysql n times</div><div>(5) Drunk lots of tea</div><div><br></div><div>My question:</div><div> How do I make it revert to the Old access where localhost meant 127.0.0.1</div><div><br></div><div>Could this be the sockets and TCPIP issue is there hope for getting back?</div>




<div><br></div><div>even a google pointer here is welcome since my eyes are now red (cant tell whether its sleep || &#39;am so screwed color&#39; || part of the bug</div><div><br></div><div>help!</div><div><br></div><div>




Regards again!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br clear="all"><i><font color="#666666">_______________________________________________________________<br>We must Keep on, <br>   </font></i><br>




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