User-owned MySQL database

[Ed Wilts]

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.

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Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA
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