Hi all First usage of MySQL. Newbie in Linux as well as MySQL. Using CentOS 4.2 with MySQL 4.1.12, rpm install.
Changed the data directory. My /etc/my.conf --------------- [mysqld] datadir=/home.dbdata/mysql socket=/home.dbdata/mysql/mysql.sock # Default to using old password format for compatibility with mysql 3.x # clients (those using the mysqlclient10 compatibility package). old_passwords=1 [mysql.server] user=mysql basedir=/var/lib [mysqld_safe] err-log=/var/log/mysqld.log pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid ------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- Ran these commands for permissions: chown -R mysql:mysql /home.dbdata/mysql chmod -R go-rwx /home.dbdata/mysql Running /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysqld start says that mysql start failed BUT ps -aux shows that mysql is running though it reports failure instead of OK when I start it. Also when I stop myswl from commandline, it stops and shows OK, but cannot also connect to it. Checked the pid file mentioned in the my.cnf and it gets created and deleted when mysql starts & stops respectively. Please advise what is happening and what step I have taken wrong and what to do to correct it. Am a newbie but can follow instructions. Please help. With best regards. Sanjay. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
