----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Shi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Stefan Hinz, iConnect (Berlin)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "mysql group" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 10:39 PM Subject: Re: datadir and socket
> But still I have question regarding my.cnf: I searched the whole > file system and found only one my.cnf in /etc/, and no .my.cnf. > All I can find about the datadir and socket configurations are just > staying in /etc/my.cnf and /etc/init.d/mysql. Does the 4.1.2 manual also not speak of: "defaults-extra-file The file specified with --defaults-extra-file=#"? My bet, though, as elsewhere suggested, is on a script, like mysqld_safe, running mysqld with, --socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql Grep is your friend. :) - Mark --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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