On Tue, 2004-02-17 at 17:08, Ross O wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# rpm -qvl MySQL-server-4.0.18-0 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5575 Feb 12 > 09:02 /etc/init.d/mysql > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 657 Feb 12 > 09:02 /etc/logrotate.d/mysql > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 900144 Feb 12 Hi!
As you can see, there is only "server related " stuff installed, there is not client and administration stuff installed. On Tue, 2004-02-17 at 18:04, Ross O wrote: > So I need to install the client as well as the server? > I thought I read on the MySQL site that I only need > the server for a single user, single computer > database? > Most probably yes, however i must mention one thing, you can perfectly install the server (and only) the server in a linux machine, that would be the server machine, and administer it remotly, that can be a perfectly normal situation. The "server" packages contains only the service files, the binaries needed for a working mysql-server, on the other side, the client-file contains administration utilities and client files (a command line utilities called "mysql" - like oracle's plsql, for example; and the "mysqladmin" wich you can use to administer the server) So, it's up to you friend, you can have a linux-mysql server with only "server related stuff" installed and access it and manage it remotly (from yout windows desktop, as an example) using any gui tool you want; or, you can install the client files also, and manage your server via the command line and locally in your server. Any of the two are perfectly fine options, most people here will tell you (i guess) that we use both options, i mean; a remote, nice, gui utility and the command line tool :) As an extra, may i recommend some tools? 1.- mysql administrator is a brand new tool to administer and monitor a mysql server, it runs just fine in win and lin, it's free, and directly supported by mysql. You can download it from mysql site 2.- dbtools is a mysql administration and design tool by a few very nice brazilian guys it works only on windows, and also support PostgreSQL. You can download the basic-free version from the www.dbtools.com.br site. 3.- the mysql command line tools is indeed very nice, despite being a command line tool, is my favorite tool and is VERY good excuse to really learn about sql and mysql command syntax, very nice also to prepapre for the certification :) Hope this helps! Best Regards! -- |...........................................................| |____ _____ ____ _ |Victor Medina M | |\ \ \| ____| _ \ / \ |Linux - Java - MySQL | | \ \ \ _| | |_) / _ \ |Dpto. Sistemas - Ferreteria EPA | | / / / |___| __/ ___ \ |[EMAIL PROTECTED] | |/_/_/|_____|_| /_/ \_\|ext. 325 - Tél: +58-241-8507325 | | |geek by nature - linux by choice | |...........................................................| -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
