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Date:      Sun, 5 May 2002 00:00:22 -0800
From:      John Andersen <jsa@pen.homeip.net>
To:        "Jeff Shevlen" <jeff@passedpawn.com>
Cc:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: mysql & ISP hostname
Message-ID:  <200205050800.g4580qC07399@pen.homeip.net>
In-Reply-To: <001601c1f421$0ff6b890$b300a8c0@wenk>
References:  <000901c1f414$36f6ed00$b300a8c0@wenk> <200205050651.g456pQI07020@pen.homeip.net> <001601c1f421$0ff6b890$b300a8c0@wenk>

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On Sunday 05 May 2002 02:38 am, Jeff Shevlen wrote:
> The name that MySQL indicated I use ("xxx.xxx.my.isp.net") is an alias
> under somebody's network.  Nslookup confirms that this address is
> aliasing to my IP; but also, and I don't know if this is relevant,
> nslookup seems to be getting this response from my ISP's ISP.

Its your reverse DNS...

dig -x your.ip.here
will yield your reverse dns in the answer section.

MySQL seems to be taking your reverse dns as your
machine name (perhaps this is one of the security options,
I don't know, cuz I don't run MySQL).

-- 
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No I Don't Yahoo!
And I'm getting pretty sick of being asked if I do.
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John Andersen / Juneau Alaska

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