MySQL Port Problem (no replies)

Hi,

Am having trouble getting MySQL to be accessed externally to my server. At first I thought it was a firewall issue. After tinkering with it, I decided to uninstall it altogether. At least that rules out IPTABLES.

Now, take a look at this anomaly:

$ telnet localhost 3306
Trying 127.0.0.1...
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused
$ mysql -p -h localhost -P 3306
Enter password:
Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 89
Server version: 5.1.37-1ubuntu5.1 (Ubuntu)

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.

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