Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2007 18:23:18 +0200 From: Kalashnikov Ilya <kalashnikovi@mail.ru> To: "Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum" <bg271828@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Starting MySQL with different database directory Message-ID: <1173111798.16006.5.camel@n-ss.nighterra> In-Reply-To: <31636.77056.qm@web53410.mail.yahoo.com> References: <31636.77056.qm@web53410.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Mon, 2007-03-05 at 07:05 -0800, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: > I hope this is the right place--i looked over the MySQL docs but they talk about a different startup practice than what FreeBSD uses. > > I have a new install of MySQL 5.1 on a FreeBSD 6.2 system. I want to have my > MySQL data directory in a place other than /var/db/mysql. I thought i do this by > copying the appropriate my.cnf into /etc/my.conf and adding a line like "datadir = > /usr/local/mysql/var/" and making it readable to mysql user. But this doesnt work; > when i restart MySQL its still using /var/db/mysql. > > So i looked at the mysql-server startup script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d and added to > rc.conf "mysql_dbdir="/usr/local/mysql/var"". (I DON'T want to do it this way, > because i really want my MySQL related configuration things in my MySQL > configuration file, not split between there and my FreeBSD startup file. What if > i need to start mysql in some other way? But for now im just trying to see what > i can get to work.) This seemed to change something--mysqld had been running > when i made this change and when I ran "mysql-server stop" it couldnt stop, > because it was looking in /usr/local/mysql/var/foo.pid--i think this means it did > register the change to the new directory. But i couldnt then start it, because when > I run "mysql-server start" i get a "Can't connect to local MySQL server through > socket '/tmp/mysql.sock'" error. > > What's the right way to do this? Again id really prefer to do this all through the > my.cnf file, but this seems not to be getting read, at least for this reason. > > Thank you. > > Jen > > > --------------------------------- > Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate > in the Yahoo! Answers Food & Drink Q&A. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Hi Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum. Need append to /etc/rc.conf follow line: mysql_dbdir="/mysql/db/location" See please /usr/local/etc/rc.d/mysql-server.sh -- Kalashnikov Ilya <kalashnikovi@mail.ru>
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