Comments on: Install mysql-server from ports on FreeBSD http://rackerhacker.com/2007/05/27/install-mysql-server-from-ports-on-freebsd/ Words of wisdom from a server administrator Wed, 16 May 2012 12:56:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jim http://rackerhacker.com/2007/05/27/install-mysql-server-from-ports-on-freebsd/#comment-2523 Jim Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:18:31 +0000 http://rackerhacker.com/2007/05/27/install-mysql-server-from-ports-on-freebsd/#comment-2523 Hmm, some kind of formatting goodies here. The long options on the mysql_install_db command have double hyphens preceding them, but they look like em dashes in the post above. Hmm, some kind of formatting goodies here. The long options on the mysql_install_db command have double hyphens preceding them, but they look like em dashes in the post above.

]]> By: Jim http://rackerhacker.com/2007/05/27/install-mysql-server-from-ports-on-freebsd/#comment-2522 Jim Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:16:14 +0000 http://rackerhacker.com/2007/05/27/install-mysql-server-from-ports-on-freebsd/#comment-2522 Thanks for this post! I couldn't remember the mysql_install_db bit. However, I think that if you add "--user=mysql" to the mysql_install_db command, it will set ownership correctly so you wouldn't need the chown command. (Also need "--datadir=/path/to/mysql/database_directory" if you want the database somewhere other than /var/db/mysql.) For example: # mysql_install_db --user=mysql --datadir=/usr/local/var/db/mysql But then you'd also need to add a matching mysql_dbdir line in your rc.conf: # echo "mysql_dbdir=\"/usr/local/var/db/mysql\"" >> /etc/rc.conf Thanks for this post! I couldn't remember the mysql_install_db bit. However, I think that if you add "--user=mysql" to the mysql_install_db command, it will set ownership correctly so you wouldn't need the chown command. (Also need "--datadir=/path/to/mysql/database_directory" if you want the database somewhere other than /var/db/mysql.) For example:

# mysql_install_db --user=mysql --datadir=/usr/local/var/db/mysql

But then you'd also need to add a matching mysql_dbdir line in your rc.conf:

# echo "mysql_dbdir=\"/usr/local/var/db/mysql\"" >> /etc/rc.conf

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