> It doesn't allow to bind to a hostname. According to > > http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/server-options.html > > you have to specify an IP address, not a hostname. > > -Sheeri
Thanks for your reply. Yes, I am aware of that, as stated in my question. Wouldn't it be an improvement if it did, though? Currently, I have to use an ugly grep/awk hack to grep the address out of /etc/hosts. Are there technical reasons that make it difficult to write the code such that one could specify an IP or a hostname, or a list of IPs and/or hostnames? I'm looking for something similar to PostgreSQL's: -h hostname Specifies the IP host name or address on which the postmaster is to listen for TCP/IP connections from client applications. The value can also be a space-separated list of addresses, or * to specify listening on all available interfaces. An empty value specifies not listening on any IP addresses, in which case only Unix-domain sockets can be used to connect to the postmaster. Defaults to listening only on localhost. Specifying this option is equivalent to setting the listen_addresses configuration parameter. > > On 2/22/06, James Long <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I would like to be able to bind to a host name, rather than > > an IP number. IP numbers come and go, and are beyond the > > control of anyone who doesn't have their own direct allocation. > > But since I own my domain, a host name is more permanent. > > > > When the time comes to change IP numbers, I want to just edit > > /etc/hosts to show my new IP: > > > > 10.0.0.10 shortname myrealname.example.com > > > > and use "--bind-address=shortname" in my start-up script to > > automatically pick up the new IP number. > > > > This eliminates the headache of having to find and fix umpteen > > literal IP numbers hiding in my startup scripts. This is much > > the same reason one says '#define BLKSIZ 512' and then uses the > > constant 'BLKSIZ' instead of sprinkling literal '512's throughout > > one's code). > > > > Why doesn't bind-address allow this? Or if it does, how can I > > accomplish this? > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > Jim > > > > -- > > MySQL General Mailing List > > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
