[Python] Mysql - How to set skip_networking to off?

I'm Trying to connect to Mysql server from python. and i'm getting the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./db_connection.py", line 2, in <module>
Con = MySQLdb.Connect(host="127.0.0.1",port= 3360, user="username",
passwd="password", db="entries")
File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/MySQLdb/__init__.py", line
85, in Connect
return Connection(*args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/MySQLdb/connections.py",
line 204, in __init__
super(Connection, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs2)
_mysql_exceptions.OperationalError: (2003, "Can't connect to MySQL
server on '127.0.0.1' (111)")


I checked and my port is 0 :

mysql> show variables like 'port';

+---------------+-------+
| Variable_name | Value |
+---------------+-------+
| port | 0 |
+---------------+-------+
1 row in set (0.01 sec)


and skip_networking=ON:

mysql> SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'skip_networking';
+-----------------+-------+
| Variable_name | Value |
+-----------------+-------+
| skip_networking | ON |
+-----------------+-------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)


file my.cnf looks like that:

[mysqld]
skip-grant-tables
datadir=/var/lib/mysql
socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
log-error=/var/log/mysqld.log
pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid


I tried to put skip-networking = Off and port=3360 and then restart mysql service and it didn't work- skip_networking is still on. Any suggestions on how to connect MySQL DB with python?

Thanks!

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