* Fabian Fagerholm <fabbe@xxxxxxxxx>: > On Fri, 2007-10-26 at 09:20 +0200, Patrick Ben Koetter wrote: > > sql_hostnames: localhost > > > > > > If you use localhost the mysql client will attemt a TCP connection. If you > > use 127.0.0.1 it will try to connect using a UNIX domain socket. At least > > that's what I have been told... > > I believe it's the other way around. If I read the MySQL API > documentation [0,1] correctly, the string "localhost" or a NULL value > will use a socket on Unix systems, while an IP address or any other DNS > name will use a TCP/IP connection. > > [0] http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/mysql-real-connect.html > [1] http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/mysql-real-connect.html > > Those docs could be clearer, though... So it has to be the other way around. Thanks for looking this up! p@rick -- The Book of Postfix <http://www.postfix-book.com> saslfinger (debugging SMTP AUTH): <http://postfix.state-of-mind.de/patrick.koetter/saslfinger/>
