Excellent info... thanks... (a little late response, but there was no net access in the woods... :P)
Thanks again! --------------------------- Jason H. Frisvold Senior ATM Engineer Engineering Dept. Penteledata RedHat Engineer - RHCE # 807302349405893 Cisco Certified - CCNA # CSCO10151622 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------- "I love deadlines. I especially like the whooshing sound they make as they go flying by." -- Douglas Adams [1952-2001] -----Original Message----- From: Luc Foisy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 1:01 PM To: MYSQL-List (E-mail) Subject: RE: RPM Installation Question read the documentation in the my.cnf sections you can supply datadir=/usr/data/mysql (or whatever the data directory you choose) make sure mysql has permissions on the new directory a couple other things rely on this base directory too your socket file your pid file You can set these too in your /etc/my.cnf pid-file=/usr/data/mysql/mysql.pid socket=/tmp/mysql.sock or some such directories Your err files will write to the datadir you specify > -----Original Message----- > From: Jason Frisvold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 11:25 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RPM Installation Question > > > I was hoping to use the RPM distribution to install MySQL on > my Linux machine. However, I notice that it sets the data > directory to /var/lib/mysql ... This is unacceptable for my > purposes... I know I can probably use a link to fix this, > but I'd rather do it the "right" way... How do I tell mySQL > where the data directory is? Is this a compiled option? > > Thanks, > > --------------------------- > Jason H. Frisvold > Senior ATM Engineer > Engineering Dept. > Penteledata > RedHat Engineer - RHCE # 807302349405893 > Cisco Certified - CCNA # CSCO10151622 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------- > "Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is > limited. Imagination encircles the world." -- Albert Einstein > [1879-1955] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
