On 29-Jul-2001 Brian Thompson wrote:
> I have my /var/ partition set to 400mb, but I need about 4 gigs for a mysql
> database im setting up
>
> how can I relocate the data files in the users /home directory, or how can I
> fix this?
>
Assume the datadir is /var/db/mysql
make a backup
shutdown your server (mysqladmin shutdown)
as root :
# mkdir /home/mysql
# chown mysql /home/mysql
# cp -Rp /var/db/* /home/mysql
# rm -rf /var/db/mysql
# ln -sf /home/mysql /var/db/mysql
restart your server & check for error messages.
Regards,
--
Don Read [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-- It's always darkest before the dawn. So if you are going to
steal the neighbor's newspaper, that's the time to do it.
(53kr33t w0rdz: sql table query)
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