RE: Problem connecting to local mysql with new acid and new snort

[Roman Danyliw <roman () danyliw com>]

This issue is not directly related to the IP address since a local 
domain socket is being used.       

See ACID FAQ Question #D-4:
http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/~rdanyliw/snort/acid_faq.html#faq_d4

Roman

On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, Semerjian, Ohanes wrote:

> try this
>
> edit your /etc/hosts file and make sure that the localhost is next to 
your 
> box ip address say for example if your box IP is x.y.z.y the your host 
file
> should look like
>
> 127.0.0.1 loghost  
> x.y.z.y   localhost
>
> restart and see it should work
>
> Best Regards
>
> Ohanes Semerjian
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Halligan [mailto:agent33 () geeksquad com]
> Sent: Saturday, 16 February 2002 3:03
> To: 'Bruce Platt'; snort-users () lists sourceforge net
> Subject: RE: [Snort-users] Problem connecting to local mysql with new
> acid and new snort
>
>
> I have seen something like this from time to time also.
> I have a vague recollection of having to use either
> 127.0.0.1 or the actual IP address of the box instead
> of 'localhost' to make it work.  I never bothered to
> try to figure out what was causing the problem.
>
> -steve
>
> > I receive the following error message:
> >
> > Warning: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
> > '/tmp/mysql.sock' (111) in
> > /var/www/html/acid/adodb-mysql.inc.php on line 81
> > localhost



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