On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 07:17:56PM -0400, Matthew Saltzman wrote: > I'm a bit new at this MySQL stuff. I have users who, with no help from > me, have created their own MySQL databases. The tbl* files live in the > user's own directory tree. > > My question is, how did they do it? Have a look at the startup script: /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysqld Look for the config file my.cnf. If the user passes in his own my.cnf file, the data directory can be changed. man safe_myqld also shows what the user can do. -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:ewilts@xxxxxxxxxx Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
