Hey Guys,

I'm quite a Newbie on Linux stuff.

How can I Change my server to start up the mysqld daemon with the following paramaters in addition to any it's already starting with:

--big-tables --tmpdir=/usr/local/mysql/temp

Iwas told to logon as root and from the command line how do I proceed?

Kaya :confused:

Log in as root and look at /etc/my.cnf

You will see lines like:

[application]
var=value
var=value

[another application]
var=value


Do a google or look up the MySql reference documentation to see what you need to set in the file to get the options you seek.

In /etc/my.cnf, go to the bit under

[mysqld]

And add this line:

tmpdir=/usr/local/mysql/temp

Then restart mysql.

Alex