Bug #700 v4.0.2 cannot remotely connect to MySQL 3.23

• Submitted: 23 Jun 2003 7:58
• Modified: 3 Jul 2003 7:39
• Reporter: [ name withheld ]
• Status: Not a Bug
• Category: MySQL Server
• Severity: S2 (Serious)
• Version: 4.0.2
• OS: Linux (Linux)
• CPU Architecture: Any

[23 Jun 2003 7:58] [ name withheld ]

Description:
Ever since I installed v4.0.13-Max on my Linux box I can no longer romotely connect to linux boxes running MySQL 3.23 (I get a ERROR 2005: Unknown MySQL Server Host). Any ideas?

How to repeat:
Install v4.0.2

run mysql -u <username> -p<password> -h <host>

where the host runs MySQL 3.23

[3 Jul 2003 7:39] Michael Widenius

Thank you for taking the time to report a problem.  Unfortunately
you are not using a current version of the product your reported a
problem with -- the problem might already be fixed. Please download
a new version from http://www.mysql.com/downloads/

If you are able to reproduce the bug with one of the latest versions,
please change the version on this bug report to the version you
tested and change the status back to "Open".  Again, thank you for
your continued support of MySQL.

"Unknown MySQL Server Host" means that MySQL can't find the server through DNS.

It could be either that you have a DNS problem or the MySQL version is not compatible with your glibc libraries, in which case you can only use ip numbers to specify hosts.

At least one glibc issue is fixed in MySQL 4.0.13, so please try to upgrade.