Hello All. I have some questions / requests for advice that I hope some of you could help me with. I have alot of virtual domains that I want to provide MySQL access to. These virtual domains are spread out across several servers right now and continue to grow. On each of these servers I currently run a mission critical database that cannot be jeopardized in any way. When I say jeopardized, I do not mean security, I mean that I don't want to risk losing connectivity with that database because of heavy user access to their databases. Now to the nitty gritty. I have two options here on how to setup access for these users: 1. Set up a dedicated server for all users to have their individual databases run off of. 2. Have each user's database run off of the server that they are located on. If I do it this way, I would like a seperate mysql server to use a different port than the one the mission critical db uses. I have tried this before per the docs, but had no luck with it. I would also like to be able to store the user's database inside of their home directory instead of say /usr/local/mysql/var/..... I am also unclear as to how and make that happen. Option #1 seems relatively straight forward. However Option #2 is my preferred method so I don't have to shell out the extra bucks for another server. If anyone could provide some advise on how to make this work, I would greatly appreciate it. If I am totally off my rocker here, I would also greatly appreciate if you would let me know :) Thanks to everyone in advance. Jeff Jones --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php