On Thu, 2002-10-24 at 16:13, Ryan McDougall wrote: > > > /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysql start > > or > > service mysql start > > use "redhat-config-services" and the mysqld service will start at boot up.... but I'd stick with trying the service mysqld restart command until you figure out any problems starting. > Ok so I tried the /etc/init.d/mysqld start and it almost worked it returned > this error: > Initializing MySQL database: Sorry, the host 'dhcp-482-2416' could not be > looked up. > Please configure the 'hostname' command to return a correct hostname. > If you want to solve this at a later stage, restart this script with > the --force option > [FAILED] > So what do I do to resolve this one, do I use the force option? Sorry for my > ignorance and Thanx for the help. > > P.S. > My /etc/hosts file looks like this: > # Do not remove the following line, or various programs > # that require network functionality will fail. > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost Try host dhcp-482-2416 to see if you get an IP address back from a nameserver. What do you have in /etc/resolv.conf? A guess would be you can get away with an entry of ip-address dhcp-482-2416 in /etc/hosts - but that would probably need an update each time dhcp changes.. A few thoughts just before I run to get something to eat. -- NAME : Adam Allen. EMAIL : adam@dynamicinteraction.co.uk COMMENT : ~~~~ insert your favourite signature comment here ~~~~ PGP : http://search.keyserver.net:11371/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=adam%40dynamicinteraction.co.uk
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