named sandbox trouble

[Brian Reichert]

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
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> 

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