> There are three my.cnf you should look for: > > 1) /etc/my.cnf = global options > 2) <datadir>/my.cnf = server options, overriding global options > 3) <home_directory>/.my.cnf = user specific options, overriding server > options
Thanks for your reply! The information does make sense. However, I searched the whole file system but found only /etc/my.cnf. If I put a copy of my.cnf to <datadir> would that be any help? Any what is <home_directory>? Sorry I am kind of newbie for in-depth knowledge of MySQL. I am curiouse that why mysql comes with 3 copies of same (?) configuration file. And why the /etc/init.d/mysqld (this is a shell script) still has some hard-coded configuration information even we already have 3 copies of my.cnf? I had assume it should be able to retrieve conf info from conf files, and this was what the role of a conf file supposed to be .... > > To make things a bit more complicated, you cannot only start the server > with the socket option, but also the client (mysql). In the my.cnf's > mentioned above, also check for > > [client] OK, I added this entry into my.cnf, and it does help for connection issued from command line, but it doesn't work for PHP connection function (issued drom web). Alex Shi > > and > > [mysql] > > and see if socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock is specified anywhere. > > HTH, > -- > Stefan Hinz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Geschäftsführer / CEO iConnect GmbH <http://iConnect.de> > Heesestr. 6, 12169 Berlin (Germany) > Tel: +49 30 7970948-0 Fax: +49 30 7970948-3 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alex Shi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "mysql group" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 12:03 AM > Subject: datadir and socket > > > > Hi, > > > > I have a MySQL 2.23.36 running on a Linux RH 7.1. Its database > directory > > is /var/lib/mysql/. For some reason I want to change it to > /home/mysql/. So > > I did following things: > > > > 1. modify /etc/my.cnf: changed all /var/lib/mysql/ to /home/mysql/ > > 2. modyfy /etc/init.d/mysqld: changed /var/lib/mysql/ to /home/mysql/ > > 3. copied all database files from /var/lib/mysql/ to /home/mysql/ > > 4. restart mysqld > > > > OK. everything looks fine for connections from foreign machines. > > However, for local connections, say connections from a locally hosted > > web site via PHP, or a command line connection issued from shell, it > > will return following error message: > > Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket > > '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' > > > > This was weird, since I had assumed that I made all the neccary > changes > > in /etc/my.cnf and /etc/init.d/mysqld. > > > > Seems like mysql has some configure information hard-coded into > > its buildup or whatever, and cannot be modified after installation? > > > > Alex Shi > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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
