mysqld ignores bind_address variable

[Arnaud OZOUKOU]

Hi,

I have downloaded mysql 8 binaries, untar files and then created a config file (mysql_test.cnf) with that content:
# ########################
[mysqld]
bind-address = 127.0.0.1
port = 8080
skip-networking = OFF
user = mysql
# ######################

Then i ran the mysqld with --initialize.

everything is fine.

but when i execute : sudo mysqld --defaults-file=mysql_test.cnf --user=mysql --skip-host-cache --bind-address=127.0.0.1

the Process starts and runs correctly, But for some reason it does not seem to be listening on 127.0.0.1:8080...
-> output of lsof -i:8080 is empty
-> log of mysqld shows: ready for connections. Version: '8.0.12' socket: '/tmp/mysql.sock' port: 8080 MySQL Community Server - GPL


i ran the command with sudo , as a non-root user.

Is there any specific context to force Mysql to listen to a particuler ip address ? i dont see what i am doing wrong here.