The following is my guess, give it a try if you want: Make sure that in your config file, "log-bin" isn't present, delete all the log files, as well as the <host>-bin.index file and restart MySQL.
I utilize my log files, so I can't say how to stop them totally. -- Tony Evans Webmaster/DNS Administrator Netsync Internet Services, Corp. http://www.netsync.net/ Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 800-642-4294 Turtle said: > We've been using MySQLD for a few years now quite happily. It's amazing > how well it performs. However, I have a minor issue, and I'm not sure > how > to deal with it. I've scoured the manual, searched list archives, the > web, etc., and am coming up empty. > > Somehow, the server is recording the Binary log in the data directory. > Each of these log files takes up a gigabyte. This would be all well and > good if we were using the server in as a master in a replication setup, > but we are not. It WAS formerly acting as a master in a replication > environment, but we've long since made it the only SQL server on our > network. We've removed (commented) all the lines in my.cnf that deal > with > replication, and the log-bin is one of these lines. To clarify: the > log-bin line in the my.cnf file IS commented with a hash-mark (#). The > server has been restarted since this change, and "SHOW MASTER STATUS" > returns an empty set of data (only showing the field names.) > > the SQL command RESET MASTER does nothing. It does not delete the > hostname-bin.### files. > > the mysqld commandline parameters follow: > /usr/sbin/mysqld --basedir=/ --datadir=/var/lib/mysql --user=mysql > --pid-file=/var/lib/mysql/inferno.pid --skip-locking > > We're running version 3.23.41 for pc-linux-gnu on i686, running on SuSE > Linux 7.1, kernel 2.4.18 #2 SMP on a Dual-Processor Pentium II 450MHz > server > > So, if any of you can shed some light as to why it would be saving the > binary log against our will, or as to how to stop it, it would be > greatly > appreciated. > > Brian > > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]