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
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>  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

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