Disable MySQL server from listening for TCP/IP connections

Disable MySQL server from listening for TCP/IP connections

Answer:

If you only connect to the MySQL server from localhost and you might want to disable TCP/IP networking feature so the server is more secure.

To do so, edit the MySQL configurations, e.g. /etc/my.cnf

..
skip-networking
..

Don't forget to restart MySQL to take effect.

# /sbin/service mysqld restart