Mysql??
 

I've trying to to configure MYSQL but i get this error saying that it couldn't find the hostname....so im trying change the hostname to the the ip address............so my question is how do i change it.
Thanks

Just make the hostname localhost if it's on the
same machine, if it's a nteworked one add it to
/etc/hosts (if you're not running DNS, that is).

Can you ping the machine by name, btw?



Cheers,
Tink

In Slackware you can change the hostname in /etc/HOSTNAME.

This what it tell me when im trying to install mysql ....how do i change 'unwrittenlaw' to its proper host name


WARNING: The host 'unwrittenlaw' could not be looked up with resolveip.
This probably means that your libc libraries are not 100 % compatible
with this binary MySQL version. The MySQL daemon, mysqld, should work
normally with the exception that host name resolving will not work.
This means that you should use IP addresses instead of hostnames
when specifying MySQL privileges

Knowing your distro would help ... worst case scenario:
you recompile MySQL on that machine.


Cheers,
Tink

I have slackware 10.0

any respond????