Make sure my.cnf is mode 744.
David Allen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have several problems to do with tuning mysql to run on a Sun E450.
> Firstly, I cannot get the mysql to read the my.cnf file. If it is
> installed in the data directory, mysql boots OK but ignores it, while if
> I copy it into the /etc directory I get the following error
>
> "Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /home1/mysql/data
> mysqld daemon ended"
>
> and mysql does not start up
>
> Also, how do you know what the current values of the variables are? Does
> the command "mysqladmin variables" outputs the global variables or the
> current settings of those variables and does the -O option eg mysqld -O
> key_buffer=32m change the variables "on the fly" or does the mysql
> process have to be restarted?
>
> Thanks for any help. I am presently struggling to get reasonable
> performance from our server.
>
> Thanks,
>
> David
>
>
>
>
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