From: Date: July 29 2005 4:59pm
Subject: Re: Complete server lock
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JamesDR wrote:
> I noticed, on my Linux server, that MySQL makes a DNS lookup anyway. 
> Even if the IP is used or not. It normally digs on the PTR record. I had 
> all of my perms IP based, however, it still looked at the PTR record. At 
> the time I hadn't set any up in my DNS server. After I added all the PTR 
> records of the clients that were connecting to the server, it was fast 
> again.
> 
> ...Something to think about...

James, I think you've found the problem.  For the benefit of us novices, 
what is the PTR record?  After which I can add this to my /etc/hosts, 
which should help.

If there is anybody who knows how to build a DNS clean MySQL, I would be 
very interested in knowing.

Regards,

Ben Clewett.