Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 23:00:14 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com> To: Jason Halbert <jason@jason-n3xt.org> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: MySQL 3.23.28 Message-ID: <20010528230014.A8418@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <KPENJEMIIBKCKNOMFJJDCEBNCAAA.jason@jason-n3xt.org> References: <KPENJEMIIBKCKNOMFJJDCEBNCAAA.jason@jason-n3xt.org>
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In the last episode (May 28), Jason Halbert said: > Hi all: > > I'm having a problem with adding the port mysql-server-3.23.38.tgz on > 4.3-STABLE. > I get the following error: > > su-2.04# pkg_add mysql-server-3.23.38.tgz > Sorry, the host 'jason-n3xt' could not be looked up. > Please configure the 'hostname' command to return a correct hostname. > > The only thing I can think of is it resolves "jason-n3xt.org" then > tries to reverse lookup the IP which does not return "jason-n3xt.org". That's probably the case. Mysql requires hostnames to match forward and reverse for security purposes. Temporarily configure your system to have a hostname of crtntx1-ar3-088-078.crtntx1.dsl.gtei.net, then switch it back when you're done installing. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@emsphone.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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