At 10:11 AM -0700 7/14/01, Michael Collins wrote:
>At 11:46 AM -0500 7/14/01, Paul DuBois wrote:
>>At 11:32 AM -0500 7/14/01, Mike<mickalo>Blezien wrote:
>>>when you do a mysqladmin variables, where exactly are these
>>>variables stored,
>>>and can they be changed.
>>
>>They can be changed by placing set-variable= var_name=var_value lines
>>in the [mysqld] group of the /etc/my.cnf option file (or any other option
>>file that the server reads at startup time).
>
>I too have been trying to get a "my.cnf" file working properly with
>little success. The twist in my tale is that I have two copies of
>MySQL installed, one of which uses the standard install location
>(/usr/local/) and port, and the other a custom location, port, and
>socket. I would like for the second copy to always use the special
>port or socket whenever I utilize any of the mysql client programs
>(which I invoke from the special location of those files).
If each server is compiled to use a different data directory, then you should
be able to put a my.cnf file in the data directory to affect the respective
server using the [mysqld] group in each file.
>
>I have read the manual about option files and looked for the answer
>in the MySQL DuBois book. I have used what I believe to be the
>correct parameters based on a file I found at
>/usr/local/share/mysql/my-small.cnf). This is a source install so I
>understand from the manual that the "my.cnf" file goes in the var
>directory.
>
>I have also tried a simple version of this:
>
>[client]
>port=14551
>socket=/tmp/LassoMySQL.sock
>
>Any solution I've tried using the LassoMySQL/var/my.cnf or ~/.my.cnf
>files affect both the special installation as well as the standard
>MySQL installation. I find I will always get the standard port.
Settings in the [client] group of your ~/.my.cnf file would affect any
client that you run. I would expect that all clients would therefore
connect to the same server...
>
>Help?
>
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>Michael
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