[Plug] Mysql installation

[Dave Dartnall]

On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 08:13 pm, William Kenworthy wrote:
> Re: [Plug] Mysql installation
> From:
> William Kenworthy <billk at iinet.net.au>  (Home!)
> To:
> Plug List <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
> Date:
> Wed Jul 14 20:13:31 2004
> I cant remember if you mentioned it - but have you checked the mysql
> logs?  On gentoo they are in /var/log/mysql, not sure 'bout Mandrake.
>
> rattus root # ls -al /var/log/mysql/
> total 1077989
> drwxr-xr-x   2 mysql mysql        112 Mar 20 12:46 .
> drwxr-xr-x  21 root  root        1256 Jul 14 07:03 ..
> -rw-rw----   1 mysql mysql      52836 Jul 14 07:03 mysql.err
> -rw-rw----   1 mysql mysql 1102726729 Jul 14 20:10 mysql.log
>
> (hmmm, I may need to check logrotate ...)
>
> There is also a /etc/mysql directory with some config files - did you
> remove them too?
>
> rattus root # ls -al /etc/mysql
> total 15
> drwxr-xr-x    2 root root  104 Dec 22  2003 .
> drwxr-xr-x  112 root root 7256 Jul 14 07:03 ..
> -rw-r--r--    1 root root 1229 May 23 10:03 my.cnf
> -rw-r--r--    1 root root 1702 May 23 10:03 mysqlaccess.conf
>
> lastly, how are you starting the daemon?
>
> BillK

Bill, thanks for perservering with this - you've given me something else to 
work on, and I'll follow up. As you can see, I'm not sure of the right 
questiond to ask and am still on dailup with only intermittent contact.
-feel a bit guilty about wasting people's time on what may be silly questions.

Dave D