Re: [packagers] /var/lib/mysql permission in recent mysql rpms

[Dmitry V. Levin]

On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 10:13:15AM +0100, Christian Hammers wrote:
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> Better stick with FHS, /var/lib/mysql is just for the databases,
> /var/run/mysqld/ for the .pid and the .sock and /var/log/mysql/ for 
> the log files (owned 0700 for security reasons).

This scheme is not always acceptable so it should be optional.

For example, we (ALT GNU/*/Linux) distribute MySQL server chrooted by
default, so creating logs outside chroot is not an option for this
configuration (mysql doesn't use syslog(3)).


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