From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 10 09:20:33 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A9E716A4B3 for ; Fri, 10 Oct 2003 09:20:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.numachi.com (meisai.numachi.com [198.175.254.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4494343FA3 for ; Fri, 10 Oct 2003 09:20:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from reichert@numachi.com) Received: (qmail 79134 invoked from network); 10 Oct 2003 16:20:31 -0000 Received: from natto.numachi.com (198.175.254.216) by meisai.numachi.com with SMTP; 10 Oct 2003 16:20:31 -0000 Received: (qmail 74085 invoked by uid 1001); 10 Oct 2003 16:20:31 -0000 Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 12:20:31 -0400 From: Brian Reichert To: Robert Downes Message-ID: <20031010162031.GO56167@numachi.com> References: <3F862EA7.7000402@lineone.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3F862EA7.7000402@lineone.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: named sandbox trouble X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 16:20:33 -0000 On Fri, Oct 10, 2003 at 04:59:35AM +0100, Robert Downes wrote: > I'm trying to setup BIND so that my machine understands its own hostname > (because mySQL refuses to install because the hostname appears invalid > and the --force option seems to do nothing), and because it would be > helpful generally. This doesn't answer your question, as I don't run BIND, but couldn't you just put an entry in /etc/hosts? And: you mention MySQL --force option 'seeming to do nothing': I have used this option when I'm building from source, and it worked for me in the past. What symptoms are you seeing? > -- > Bob > echo Mail fefsensmrrjyaheeoceoq\! | tr "jefroq\!" "@obe.uk" > -- Brian 'you Bastard' Reichert 37 Crystal Ave. #303 Daytime number: (603) 434-6842 Derry NH 03038-1713 USA BSD admin/developer at large