Comments on MySQL Boy: Install MySQL from Tar ball

@Ronald - thanks for your input. I'm thinking ...

2010-07-29T02:46:03.353-07:00

@Ronald - thanks for your input. I'm thinking about writing a piece on my.cnf and various recommendations around implementing a solid options file. I will certainly ensure the points you've added are utilised.

@Shlomi - Good point made. I will add amend the original.

Thanks again guys :-)

An important step is left out of the install docum...

2010-07-28T21:45:32.189-07:00

An important step is left out of the install documentation:
copy support_files/mysql.server to /etc/init.d/mysqld and start/stop mysql as a service, instead of that "/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld_safe &"

You should consider reviewing the included my.cnf ...

2010-07-28T08:30:36.463-07:00

You should consider reviewing the included my.cnf before use. The configuration files have been really outdated for newer H/W.

Also I would strongly recommend you ensure the MySQL log file and the MySQL socket file are moved outside of the data directory. This enables better security by being able to have mysql only permissions on /var/lib/mysql