Thanks Gleb, Ezra. Fixing the root user was the trick.
I've got it working now. ~mm On 11/24/05, Ezra Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Did you set the permissions on the new datadir? > > Ezra > > On 11/18/05, Rajesh Olafson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm on Solaris 9 with mysql 4.1. > > > > I've moved the datadir to a new location, and edited the mysql start > script > > directly so that it now has the line: > > > > datadir=/export/www1/data > > > > The server restarts no problem, and my phpBB web app can talk to it no > > problem. > > > > However when I try to connect to it using the /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql > > client I get: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/local/mysql:> ./bin/mysql --user=mysql > > Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. > > Your MySQL connection id is 3 to server version: 4.1.10a-standard > > > > Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer. > > > > mysql> show databases; > > +----------+ > > | Database | > > +----------+ > > | test | > > +----------+ > > 1 row in set (0.00 sec) > > > > mysql> > > > > ------ > > > > I'm not sure where it's getting the 'test' db from, but it's not showing > the > > phpBB database - or other databases I have. > > > > I've tried creating a /etc/my.cnf file - but I can't get it to work. > > > > Thoughts? > > > > Thanks, > > -RO. > > > > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
