From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 11 23:05:03 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 43ECB16A4B3 for ; Sat, 11 Oct 2003 23:05:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from natto.numachi.com (natto.numachi.com [198.175.254.216]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2E23443F93 for ; Sat, 11 Oct 2003 23:05:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from reichert@numachi.com) Received: (qmail 1797 invoked by uid 1001); 12 Oct 2003 06:05:00 -0000 Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 02:05:00 -0400 From: Brian Reichert To: Robert Downes Message-ID: <20031012060500.GA274@numachi.com> References: <3F862EA7.7000402@lineone.net> <20031010162031.GO56167@numachi.com> <3F873F44.4000205@bobulous.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3F873F44.4000205@bobulous.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i 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: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 06:05:03 -0000 On Sat, Oct 11, 2003 at 12:22:44AM +0100, Robert Downes wrote: > Brian Reichert wrote: > > >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? > > > > > > > I have an entry for my machine's IP address and the address of my router > in /etc/hosts, but still I get complaints. Weird. :/ Are the entries fully qualified? What does your resolv.conf look like? Do any other apps complain? I'd have to look at the MySQL install scripts to be sure, but I can't fathom why MySQL would go out of it's way to sneak around the resolver... > -- > Bob > -- Brian 'you Bastard' Reichert 37 Crystal Ave. #303 Daytime number: (603) 434-6842 Derry NH 03038-1713 USA BSD admin/developer at large