RE: Logging problem with --log, my.cnf etc.

2002-02-21 Thread Luc Foisy
Does mysql have permission to write to that location? -Original Message- From: alastair [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 10:33 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Logging problem with --log, my.cnf etc. Hello, I am using MySQL 3.23.36 on Linux. This is a

Re: Logging problem with --log, my.cnf etc.

2002-02-21 Thread alastair
On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 01:02:02PM -0500, Luc Foisy wrote: Does mysql have permission to write to that location? Yes. I'm starting and stopping MySQL using an init script a la Redhat. This calls 'safe_mysqld' with some args (e.g. --user,--pid-file etc.) - all started as user root as usual. The

Re: Logging problem with --log, my.cnf etc.

2002-02-21 Thread alastair
On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 01:47:50PM -0500, Luc Foisy wrote: maybe the variable you are using is not right my 'show variables' indicates log with a value of OFF | log | OFF yet mysql still generates its standard error file Hi Luc, Thanks for the reply (but please