Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 19:27:33 -0500 From: "Lewis Watson" <lists@visionsix.com> To: <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: disaster recovery after rootkit -> MySQL and user accounts Message-ID: <00b601c309f8$4ca7a360$a977ca41@vsis169> References: <DBEIKNMKGOBGNDHAAKGNKELGMNAB.dave@hawk-systems.com> <3.0.5.32.20030423191154.014e8a60@pop.blacksburg.net>
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> >Hi Dave, > >I moved from RH Linux to FreeBSD and it seems that I just shut down MySQL > >tar'd the MySQL database directory and untarred on the new FreeBSD server. > >Had no problem with the user table or anything of the sort. While this > >doesn't cover everything it perhaps will help on the MySQL aspect of > >things. > > I believe this will work if the versions of MySQL are the same or perhaps > close, but may not work with different versions of MySQL the further > the versions are apart the less likely it is to work. MySQL of course > recommends a MySQLdump followed by a restore but that is probably > not feasible in this case. > > Lyle Evans > lyle@rackears.com > http://www.rackears.com I really wished I would have mentioned this :-). I think there might have been a few releases between the two but not many... I stayed on the 3.xx.xx track during this move. Since then I upgraded to 4.xx and have been very happy but I would keep the versions as close as possible for this move... Good point!! Lewis
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