MySQL Bugs: #6355: Configuration Wizard does not enable named pipes

Bug #6355	Configuration Wizard does not enable named pipes
Submitted:	1 Nov 2004 4:02	Modified:	11 Nov 2004 1:37
Reporter:	Jeremy Hein	Email Updates:
Status:	Closed	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Server: Installing	Severity:	S3 (Non-critical)
Version:	4.1	OS:	Windows (Windows)
Assigned to:	Michael G. Zinner	CPU Architecture:	Any

Description:
When using the MySQL Server Instance Configuration Wizard on Windows, when you uncheck the box to disable TCP/IP Networking, the wizard correctly inserts the "skip-networking" option in the my.ini file. However, the wizard does include the "enable-named-pipe" option and therefore is not able to correctly start the service.

Since the wizard states "When disabled, only local connections through named pipes are allowed," the wizard should automatically configure the server to allow named pipes when TCP/IP is disabled.

In addition to this problem, the MySQL Command Line Client shortcut does not allow named-pipe connections. The administrator must therefore make a new shortcut with the -W switch to connect to the server using a named-pipe. The shortcut to the command line client should support both TCP/IP and named-pipe connections or should be easily modified by the administrator.

How to repeat:
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Suggested fix:
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Thank you very much for working on this. I'm more of an administrator than a developer so I'll have to wait until the next release to test out the change.