Re: Running multiple versions of MySQL on 1 machine

sean c peters wrote: I guess i dont fully understand how mysql uses my.cnf. Global settings go in /etc/my.cnf. Global to what? All mysql servers running on the machine, or some other Yes, all servers and clients on the same machine. definition? I guess my confusion is partially because my.cnf st

Re: Running multiple versions of MySQL on 1 machine

At 13:11 -0500 8/9/04, sean c peters wrote: I guess i dont fully understand how mysql uses my.cnf. Global settings go in /etc/my.cnf. Global to what? All mysql servers running on the machine, or some other Servers and clients definition? I guess my confusion is partially because my.cnf states the

Re: Running multiple versions of MySQL on 1 machine

I guess i dont fully understand how mysql uses my.cnf. > Global settings go in /etc/my.cnf. Global to what? All mysql servers running on the machine, or some other definition? I guess my confusion is partially because my.cnf states the port number for both servers and clients, but both servers

Re: Running multiple versions of MySQL on 1 machine

Global settings go in /etc/my.cnf. Server-specific settings go in that server's DATADIR/my.cnf. Running multiple servers is documented in the manual . Using clients in a multi-server setting is documented on one of the sub-pages. 4.0.1