Hi Guys, I am a newbie to MySQL administratation. I just setup MySQL in my linux machine and want to change the data directory from /var/lib/mysql to something else. I put the .my.cnf file in the /etc/ directory and specified the parameter datadir=/home/mysql but it gives me an error invalid option. Any help is appreciated. Thanks Satish
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