Hi All, I've been slowly working my way through http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect-server-ubuntu8.04-lts but i am stuck on this error after i do, netstat -tap | grep mysql i get getnameinfo failed tcp 0 0 *:mysql *:* LISTEN 21625/mysqld If i do hostname root@server1:~# hostname server1.murfettsautoelectrical.com.au root@server1:~# hostname -f server1.murfettsautoelectrical.com.au Then root@server1:~# netstat -tap Active Internet connections (servers and established) Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State PID/Program name tcp 0 0 *:mysql *:* LISTEN 21858/mysqld tcp 0 0 *:netbios-ssn *:* LISTEN 17288/smbd tcp 0 0 server1.murfetts:domain *:* LISTEN 20942/named tcp 0 0 localhost.locald:domain *:* LISTEN 20942/named tcp 0 0 localhost.localdoma:953 *:* LISTEN 20942/named tcp 0 0 *:microsoft-ds *:* LISTEN 17288/smbd tcp6 0 0 [::]:domain [::]:* LISTEN 20942/named tcp6 0 0 [::]:ssh [::]:* LISTEN 12940/sshd tcp6 0 0 ip6-localhost:953 [::]:* LISTEN 20942/named getnameinfo failed tcp6 0 0 server1.murfettsaut:ssh [UNKNOWN]:3221 ESTABLISHED 12951/0 Where do i go from here? Thanks Paul
My take on this is that the machine you are ssh'ing from cannot be resolved: So netstat sends "getnameinfo failed" to the stderr stream when the name resolution fails. When you issue the grep command you're seeing two things. 1.) getnameinfo failed - stderr stream because of above 2.) tcp 0 0 *:mysql *:* LISTEN 21625/mysqld - stdout stream results of grep So you can either ignore it, it's not really a problem, or fix the name resolution for the box you're ssh'ing from.
