On Sunday 30 November 2003 22:57, DG wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > > Melvyn Sopacua > > Sent: Monday, 1 December 2003 3:54 AM > > To: FreeBSD-questions > > Cc: Xpression > > Subject: Re: MySQL question... > > <snip> > > > All databases will go under /var/db/mysql and the quick and > > dirty answer is: > > mysql -e "GRANT ALL ON $dbname.* TO '$dbuser'@'localhost' > > IDENTIFIED BY > > '$userpasswd'" > > > > -- > > Melvyn > > Something I've wondered is why the default location for the MySQL databasi > is /var/db/mysql? Yes /var/db seems to make sense, but most /var > filesystems would be fairly small.
By tradition /var is for 'variable data'. By tradition, /var has been used for mail and news and as such do not require large partitions unless you run binary newsgroups. Therefore most /var partitions are small. However - I agree that the chosen default is not up-to-par with the use of MySQL, especially since you would take smaller fragment size for a /var partition if you have a busy mail- or newsserver and that certainly won't benefit MySQL. > Is it generally common practice to create a symbolic link to somewhere on, > say, /usr to store the databasi? If you know beforehand that you're going to run a mysql database with large databases (or use innodb which will never shrink!), than it's wise to create a large partition /var/db/mysql on boot. Otherwise you can set the DB_DIR variable during installation of MySQL to f.e.: /usr/local/var/mysql which is not unheard of. On my workstation I use /usr/db/mysql, but on my workstation I also have a 15G /usr partition. Whichever you choose, it's best to choose a DB_DIR ending in /mysql, so you can always decide to add another disk and mount that as $DB_DIR. By the way: don't underestimate the size of the binary logs, especially with large inserts. -- Melvyn ======================================================= FreeBSD sarevok.webteckies.org 5.2-BETA FreeBSD 5.2-BETA #1: Sat Nov 29 00:15:33 CET 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ SAREVOK_NOFW_DBG i386 =======================================================
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