Re: [gentoo-user] Reconciling users and services

[Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com>]

>>>> mysql only needs to connect to a daemon running on the same system,
>>>> and I think it does so via a unix socket as opposed to tcp.  I can see
>>>> from netstat that /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock is connected, there is
>>>> no mention of a tcp mysql connection, and nmap does not show a mysql
>>>> port to be open.  Is there anything else I should do as far as locking
>>>> down mysql?  I'm the only one with shell access to the system.
>>>
>>> mysql should be running as a non-root user (probably mysql) and for what
>>> you
>>> use, should be listening on localhost only. If you need to connect over
>>> the
>>
>> How can I check to make sure mysql is only listening to localhost?  It
>> doesn't show up with nmap.
>>
>> - Grant
>
> sudo netstat -ptln
>
> It' also works without sudo, but then you don't see the process associated
> with the open TCP port.
>
> kashani

Thank you, the Local Address for mysqld is listed as 127.0.0.1 so I
must be good to go.

- Grant