RE: XP Warning about Accessing Internet - J.R. Bullington - com.mysql.lists.win32

6 messages in com.mysql.lists.win32RE: XP Warning about Accessing Internet

From	Sent On	Attachments
Van Sederburg	06 Oct 2005 11:29
Daniel da Veiga	06 Oct 2005 11:48
J.R. Bullington	06 Oct 2005 12:06
Daniel da Veiga	06 Oct 2005 12:24
J.R. Bullington	06 Oct 2005 12:55
SGr...@unimin.com	06 Oct 2005 13:03

Subject:	RE: XP Warning about Accessing Internet
From:	J.R. Bullington (bull...@innovatim.com)
Date:	10/06/2005 12:06:36 PM
List:	com.mysql.lists.win32

The flag is --skip-networking

This turns off mySQL from using network protocols and forces it to use localhost.

However, doing this will ensure that it will not connect to any outside hosts at all with the mySQL client.

J.R.

-----Original Message----- From: Daniel da Veiga [mailto:dani...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 2:49 PM To: MySQL Win32 List Subject: Re: XP Warning about Accessing Internet

Windows deals with connections to localhost the same way it deals with remote hosts, including name resolving (althout the HOSTS file may have entries about this) and sockets. Your problem is not a client, but the mysqld, wich opens a port to connections.

You could use named pipes and see if Windows will warn you about that, so, you don't need to use IP address and if you add that option (can't remember the name) that makes MySQL not use networking, you can use the server and not worry about users connecting to it from the Internet.

On 10/6/05, Van Sederburg <vp...@onepost.net> wrote:

When I try to connect to the MySQL server the first time, Windows XP pops up a firewall warning saying that "mysqld.exe is attempting to access the internet". And then you can block or allow it.

I'm afraid unwitting users are going to block the program, and then wonder why my software won't work anymore.

Does anyone know how to prevent that warning? I'm connecting by IP address, but to Localhost, not to any external internet address.

Thanks!