Carl Troein writes: > > > Does this mean that mysqld keeps its own cache of hostnames, > and that it never checks to see if it has gone stale? If so, > one might have to shut down and restart the server at regular > intervals (once an hour or whatever) if one relies on host > names (maybe not a good idea unless you can control the DNS > server and/or hosts file) for additional security. This, of > course, assuming that the name<->address mapping isn't > absolutely constant, but it rarely is. > > //C > > -- > Carl Troein - Círdan / Istari-PixelMagic - UIN 16353280 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://pixelmagic.dyndns.org/~cirdan/ > Amiga user since '89, and damned proud of it too.
Yes, that is so. But you do not have to restart MySQL. Just run: FLUSH HOSTS -- Regards, __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Mr. Sinisa Milivojevic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ MySQL AB, Fulltime Developer /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ Larnaca, Cyprus <___/ www.mysql.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php