How can I disable reverse hostname lookups without being able to log in?

[gpoppi]

Hi everyone, I am having problems with my forum and I would like to know how I could disable the reverse hostname lookups setting without having access to my admin area (logging in problem). Any way to change it through phpmyadmin or ftp?

Thanks

[kat]

Outside of SMF, I don't think you can (I could be wrong). But, your host can do it, by editing their Apache configuration, if they're willing so to do.

[Illori]

what makes you think you need to disable hostname look ups?

K@ it is an smf feature, the host may have disabled shell_exec but it can be worked around.

Sources/Subs.php starting around line 3777 starts the host_from_ip function

[margarett]

Or you can go to your smf_settings table, search for a field called "disableHostnameLookup" and set it to "1" (without quotes)