Thanks :) On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 4:09 AM, John R Pierce <pierce at hogranch.com> wrote: > Victor Subervi wrote: > > What do? Also, where is the data usually stored? The server co. backed > > that up, but I don't know which file it would be. > > > With the CentOS version of mysql, its typically in /var/lib/mysql and > the mysql config file is /etc/my.cnf > > > after installing the mysql server with yum as ceejay explained, do... > > # service mysqld start > # chkconfig mysqld on > > (the first command starts the server, the second command configures the > system so the mysql server will automatically start when rebooted) > > > if the server is properly running, then you'll see at least one process > if you ... > > # ps uww -C mysqld > USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND > mysql 3193 0.0 1.6 136920 16608 ? Sl Sep29 0:20 > /usr/libexec/mysqld --basedir=/usr --datadir=/var/lib/mysql --user=mysql > --pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid --skip-external-locking > --socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20091113/ec888619/attachment-0005.html>