[mythtv-users] ANSWER: Can only connect to mysql as localhost

[David Brodbeck]

R. G. Newbury wrote:
> Then I think you will find that the wildcards work. And localhost will 
> work if you have the '127.0.0.1 localhost' line in /etc/hosts.

There's a subtle gotcha here, though, because when connecting to the
local host, MySQL sometimes uses a UNIX socket, not TCP/IP.  This is the
method that matches 'user at localhost' entries.  Also, the most specific
entry wins out if there's more than one that matches.