hi, it's possible in mysql set the db folder into home user? example: user fred, home is /home/fred i want store db data in /home/fred/db. it's possible?
i've tested in /home/fred/.my.cnf this: datadir=/$HOME/db but don't function.... i expose the /etc/my.cnf and /home/fred/.my.cnf for more details. goobye *********dump /etc/my.cnf******** [mysqld] #datadir=$HOME/db datadir=/var/lib/mysql socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock skip-innodb [mysql.server] user=mysql basedir=/var/lib [safe_mysqld] err-log=/var/log/mysqld.log pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid ~ *********dump /home/fred/.my.cnf******** [mysqld] # Example mysql config file for small systems. # # This is for a system with little memory (<= 64M) where MySQL is only used # from time to time and it's important that the mysqld deamon # doesn't use much resources. # # You can copy this file to # /etc/my.cnf to set global options, # mysql-data-dir/my.cnf to set server-specific options (in this # installation this directory is /var/lib/mysql) or # ~/.my.cnf to set user-specific options. # # One can in this file use all long options that the program supports. # If you want to know which options a program support, run the program # with --help option. # The following options will be passed to all MySQL clients [mysqld] datadir=home/matteo/db socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock skip-innodb [client] #password = your_password port = 3306 socket = /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock # Here follows entries for some specific programs # The MySQL server [mysqld] port = 3306 socket = /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock skip-locking set-variable = key_buffer=16K set-variable = max_allowed_packet=1M set-variable = thread_stack=64K set-variable = table_cache=4 set-variable = sort_buffer=64K set-variable = sort_buffer=64K set-variable = net_buffer_length=2K server-id = 1 # Uncomment the following if you want to log updates #log-bin # Uncomment the following if you are NOT using BDB tables #skip-bdb # Uncomment the following if you are using InnoDB tables #innodb_data_home_dir = /var/lib/mysql/ #innodb_data_file_path = ibdata1:10M:autoextend #innodb_log_group_home_dir = /var/lib/mysql/ #innodb_log_arch_dir = /var/lib/mysql/ # You can set .._buffer_pool_size up to 50 - 80 % # of RAM but beware of setting memory usage too high #set-variable = innodb_buffer_pool_size=16M #set-variable = innodb_additional_mem_pool_size=2M # Set .._log_file_size to 25 % of buffer pool size #set-variable = innodb_log_file_size=5M #set-variable = innodb_log_buffer_size=8M #innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit=1 #set-variable = innodb_lock_wait_timeout=50 [mysqldump] quick set-variable = max_allowed_packet=16M [mysql] no-auto-rehash # Remove the next comment character if you are not familiar with SQL #safe-updates [isamchk] set-variable = key_buffer=8M set-variable = sort_buffer=8M [myisamchk] set-variable = key_buffer=8M set-variable = sort_buffer=8M [mysqlhotcopy] interactive-timeout -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]