The handbook says: -------------- If your system is the only system (or the nameservers handle all name resolution) a single line is sufficient: Code Listing 19: /etc/hosts for lonely or fully integrated PCs 127.0.0.1 localhost ------------------- I have a computer which is connected to the internet through ADSL, so I have dynamic IP addresses assigned, and I currently don't have any other computers on my local network. But if I set my /etc/hosts as described above, I can't use mysql. I want to have the mysql server installed for accessing a database which is on this computer, using only this computer. If I put the file listed in the handbook, resolveip doesn't seem to work, which mysql needs. The correct line in the file, I believe, for my situation (using the hostname and domainname from the handbook), is: 127.0.0.1 tux.homenetwork tux localhost Otherwise, it can't resolve the IP address for "tux". I have seen similar bug reports to this, but no recent ones and the handbook still seems to be wrong. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Set up /etc/hosts as the handbook suggests for a lone system on a lone system 2. 3. Actual Results: resolveip for the hostname didn't work Expected Results: Told me that I have to specify an IP address for the hostname and domain name I gave my computer
so why dont you setup mysql to run on localhost instead of on 'tux'
I didn't set anything up, nor do I know how to. mysql tried to set itself up, but couldn't - I'm guessing because the hostname command returned "artaxerxes" (the name of my computer), and "resolveip artaxerxes" gave an error message. This behaviour seems incorrect.
Fixed in CVS. Thanks!
