Hi, On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 1:06 PM, kalin m <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi all... > > i have a 5.0.33 build from source on a freebsd 4.10 machine... > > i'm looking for a my.cnf file. > > ps tells me that the base dir is /usr/local but there is no my.cnf > there. and i cant find one anywhere. > i can get all the variables set up from the cli but i need to change > some of them. i guess i can use mysqladmin but just wondering - can i > just do a cnf under /usr/local/etc with the variables i need to change? > > ktrace is showing me that mysqld is not looking for any .cnf?! > > i mean i can try that but it's a very busy server and i wouldn't mess to > much with it.
You can ask mysqld where it looks for its configuration files. Here's a Debian system: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ mysql --help --verbose | grep cnf /etc/mysql/my.cnf ~/.my.cnf /usr/etc/my.cnf -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
