"Hoeven, Maarten van der" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > gosh, I must be overlooking something obvious. Running mysql 4.0.16. I > want to set the wait_timeout in my.cnf (section [mysql]) like: > > wait_timeout = 300 > > also tried the depricated > > set-variable = wait_timeout=300 > > Both are not working; still default to 28800. Sure, I stopped and > started the server.
Set up value for interactive_timeout variable, too. > > > However, when I set the variable in the mysql-client with: > > set wait_timeout=30; > > the variable wait_timeout is changed! > > > What am I overlooking? I really want to set this in my config-file, > rather that setting it manually in the client... Any hints? > > > PS. Linux Redhat 9 out of the Box, kernel 2.4.20-8 > -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Victoria Reznichenko / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.net <___/ www.mysql.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
