[Asterisk-Users] cdr_mysql does not write to mysql db

[Matthew Boehm]

Neal Lawson wrote:
> using localhost in you mysql conf should work, make sure you linux  box 
> and the loopback interface up and has a a entry in your /etc/ hosts for 
> localhost and that your firewall (if you have one setup on  your 
> localbox) allows traffic from 172.0.0.1 to 172.0.0.1

Don't you mean 127.0.0.1 ?

Plus, in the MySQL API documentation the use of "localhost" indicates to 
the API that you want to use a socket connection.

If you don't want to use sockets (which you should on local machine), 
the you need to change to an IP to use TCP.

-Matthew