Daren, Wednesday, August 14, 2002, 11:49:22 PM, you wrote: DC> My Linux installation only has about 1gb in the /var DC> partition, so I need to relocate my databases to the DC> /home partition. I'm pretty sure the following DC> commands will shutdown mysql, move the data directory, DC> create a symbolic link, and then restart mysql. My DC> question is, is this complete, or do I need to DC> chown/chgrp/chmod the new symbolic link directory?
DC> mysqladmin -u root -p shudown DC> mv /var/lib/mysql /home DC> ln -s /home/mysql /var/lib/mysql DC> /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysqld start If you want to have another data dir than /var/lib/mysql you can just specify new data dir with --datadir=# option of mysqld or edit my.cnf file. Don't forget to check permissions on the new data dir. -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Egor Egorov / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.net <___/ www.mysql.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
