Did you type in this exact command (exactly as highlighted)? sudo find / -name "my.*" -print
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 12:01 AM, J.B. Mentzer <[email protected]>wrote: > > I tried "find" ... it brings back lists of hundreds if not thousands of > matches. Just about all end with "permission denied". > > I wasn't prompted for a password. > > * JB * > > Anthony Hixon, Jr. wrote: > > Go to a terminal and type: > > > > find / -name "my.*" -print > > > > You may have to sudo the command to see in som directories: > > > > sudo find / -name "my.*" -print > > > > It will you ask you for your password. Put it in and it should output > > every file you have that starts with "my." That should get you going. :) > > On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 11:38 PM, J.B. Mentzer <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > > > I just searched for /etc using Spotlight, a search feature in the Mac > > GUI. I found several matches ... none contained a MySQL directory or > a > > my.cnf file. Is it invisible to the GUI? > > > > Thanks, > > > > * JB * > > > > > > > > -- Anthony Hixon, Jr. Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX 7 Developer Mobile: (706) 639-3617 [email protected] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Open BlueDragon Public Mailing List http://groups.google.com/group/openbd?hl=en official site @ http://www.openbluedragon.org/ !! save a network - trim replies before posting !! -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
