try using "localhost".
you have to set the hostname in the install script.
on 8/10/02 1:08 PM, Alex Pilson, typed:
> I am installing a new MySQL installation on a new Xserve and I am
> getting this message;
>
> [xserve:/usr/local/mysql] admin% sudo ./scripts/mysql_install_db
> Sorry, the host
I am installing a new MySQL installation on a new Xserve and I am
getting this message;
[xserve:/usr/local/mysql] admin% sudo ./scripts/mysql_install_db
Sorry, the host 'xserve' could not be looked up.
Please configure the 'hostname' command to return a correct hostname.
If you want to solve thi