MySQL Bugs: #62419: ERROR 1042 (HY000): Can't get hostname for your address

Bug #62419	ERROR 1042 (HY000): Can't get hostname for your address
Submitted:	12 Sep 2011 23:30	Modified:	13 Sep 2011 0:13
Reporter:	Don Cohen	Email Updates:
Status:	Duplicate	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Server	Severity:	S3 (Non-critical)
Version:		OS:	Any
Assigned to:		CPU Architecture:	Any

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Description:
In some cases (can't quite figure out which) an attempt to connect to a server
(in windows) from a client (maxOS) gives this message (in the synopsis line).
I can't tell whether the message comes from the client or the server, and what it's doing or why?  Is this the server trying to look up the ip address of the client?  Why does it need that?  What call is it doing, what result is it getting, what results would be acceptable?

How to repeat:
only occurs from one place, but maybe not all the time

Suggested fix:
You tell me!

Thank you for the bug report. Duplicate of bug: http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=52923.