From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 8 20:54:08 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 936901065676 for ; Tue, 8 May 2012 20:54:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andre@drenet.info) Received: from mail-yx0-f182.google.com (mail-yx0-f182.google.com [209.85.213.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 411C38FC1C for ; Tue, 8 May 2012 20:54:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yenl8 with SMTP id l8so1144288yen.13 for ; Tue, 08 May 2012 13:54:07 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=drenet.info; s=google; h=content-type:to:subject:references:date:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding:from:message-id:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=KtiM3CkMZvZwa/dI4OFEN5g78t0xdjsZ3R84k7n6Cig=; b=CVECnI7UPb2qQI4vGG5aA8TN6LxCWDacJent4U1ZIPy/MNuEZyKPLbYTTNmWmCMeib dI7QMi52vGB3HOfEZf5iqe1z3/RDtkimGMi04gCxD9VPkPs+P8Ds4+X8exPIo265Dnn8 YycQbnAqHdLtTHMfJgDGdxxylBK5UQhqAMMEM= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=content-type:to:subject:references:date:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding:from:message-id:in-reply-to:user-agent :x-gm-message-state; bh=KtiM3CkMZvZwa/dI4OFEN5g78t0xdjsZ3R84k7n6Cig=; b=iP4tN4URRsY8BCrq9Y4ULc5HikMsKucB+Ucdy0BM7RMTHc3oxmp7ZP33zCiC1xbYUD 3MDSG1TOYXbBua9XtVlRSdQMAHmkSo/e+OA2hJXoEhb7TUrECFqRAEyjhqYK3MmJhW0O BRZk7uMlUiVhebeN+Ee3hLY8e2OE9WrttD6ZkmrznVYJKS0/lA2zw9uOu08Kg2vTO6fH 0/yZrAKGa6MNdHONj9WsJUTKMs1DW7Cuvj0jn3MCXkEVBoG8h4xmHkaqIDa9qP5I7uFS yvyLMlSmsx3WSGExLTaG2Kq0TlAmtGPSSKA7GhZf4kHMY3bkWqlpVt+d2qYvQ0R84sRj iQow== Received: by 10.236.136.8 with SMTP id v8mr8298548yhi.101.1336510447652; Tue, 08 May 2012 13:54:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sideswipe.accesso.office (rrcs-71-43-102-114.se.biz.rr.com. [71.43.102.114]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id u20sm793783anm.10.2012.05.08.13.54.06 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 08 May 2012 13:54:07 -0700 (PDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; delsp=yes To: FreeBSD References: <898E0B3D-63DD-470C-8F1D-49F478D05C7E@gmail.com> <4FA92EDA.3090809@infracaninophile.co.uk> <20120508155536.505fd7ed@scorpio> Date: Tue, 08 May 2012 16:54:05 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: "Andre Goree" Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20120508155536.505fd7ed@scorpio> User-Agent: Opera Mail/11.62 (Linux) X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQlMGTFBMmm4t0AnF1o98Pixzl6dq5x1IkCoj//R6hMO+e5NTny3SxzKwECY+cPIfjh07Vfl Subject: Re: securing MySQL: easiest/best ways? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 May 2012 20:54:08 -0000 On Tue, 08 May 2012 15:55:36 -0400, Jerry wrote: > On Tue, 08 May 2012 15:34:02 +0100 > Matthew Seaman articulated: > >> Sounds almost as if the my.cnf you've been editing is not the my.cnf >> that your mysql instance is using. IIRC there was some talk about >> moving from the usual BSD-ish /var/db/mysql/my.cnf to >> /usr/local/etc/my.cnf (no doubt under some insidious influence from >> Linux.) > > The first time I ever looked for "my.cnf" I had expected to find it in > "/usr/local/etc". Since so many configuration files are stored there, > it just seemed like a natural place for it to be located. IMHO, a > centralized repository for configuration files greatly simplifies > system maintenance. > Hence the reason almost all of my config files are symlinked in someway in /etc/ Call it a habit from spending much of my time using & working on Linux :p -- Using Opera's revolutionary email client: http://www.opera.com/mail/