Nick, Everything you need to know will be in the defaults file you provided when starting mysqld deamon. Study the following pages very carefully: http://www.mysql.com/doc/C/o/Command-line_options.html http://www.mysql.com/doc/O/p/Option_files.html
As for where the databases are *really* located, do a search by the database names .. To point the mysqld toa specific directory, either give --datadir=... option in the command line when starting it up, or have an entry for datadir= variable under [mysqld] in yoru defaults file. You should have an entry under [safe_mysqld] in your /etc/my.cnf file for "err-log" . The path defined there is where the error file will be logged at, if you don't have an entry there, just enter one.. Sincerely, Gurhan -----Original Message----- From: Nick Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 2:15 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: lost root password trouble -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 * and then Gurhan Ozen declared.... > Are your databases in /var/lib/mysql ?IT is trying to startup with reading > databaseses from that path but i think it can't.. > Also check the error log file to see what's going on. Sounds reasonable, 2 questions though: * how will I tell where the db's are and how to point it at 'em? * where will I find the error log? Apologies for being so clueless, but many thanks for all the help... - -- Nick Wilson // www.explodingnet.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE8zt8VHpvrrTa6L5oRAhMQAJoDtxov9xnC8kYbFALTIeOpjlcQjQCgp6Jk eGxwc0SRfhFZlBAP7j8eJ6g= =SuNx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
