Sriram Natarajan wrote: > In Linux, the convention to read configuration files are from > /etc/<filename>. > For example, PHP configuration files are read from /etc/php.ini. > Similarly , for Apache, configuration files are at /etc/httpd.conf > and MySQL configuration file at /etc/my.cnf > > In OpenSolaris, the default configuration files reside under > /etc/<component-name>/<version>
There may be common behaviors for "Linux" and "OpenSolaris" based on how the distros have integrated things with different paths, but I don't think you carry that attribute that to every component the Web Stack project integrates. As I said earlier, MySQL's behavior seems to be well defined in the documentation. Have a look at this section: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/option-files.html#id975427 I would suggest that as long as it doesn't conflict with any goals of higher precedence, that it should behave exactly like the docs. If there is a change in behavior, that should be documented. Currently, the man pages don't indicate any different behavior. > > So, Apache or PHP or MySQL configuration file resides under > /etc/apache2/2.2/httpd.conf or /etc/php/5.2/php.ini or > /etc/mysql/<5.1>/my.cnf > > So, reading from /etc/my.cnf would be an exception and we should avoid > making exceptions unless there is a very good reason to support it. I'm not sure I agree with this being an exception based on what I read in the MySQL documentation. It may well be that OpenSolaris's distribution of MySQL community edition doesn't install an /etc/my.cnf and at the same time does deliver an /etc/mysql/<5.1>/my.cnf, but the docs seem to make it clear that /etc/my.cnf is a global options file. That means the real problem is the potential conflict from the RHAT default package [which isn't really an opensolaris.org project, so isn't really for discussion here... but I lack another forum :) ]. I don't know what it's contents are and how 'dangerous' they are, but perhaps the best policy would be to warn of the /etc/my.cnf at install time of Web Stack on a system that seems to have one defined by another package. By the way, when looking into this I found the mysqld man page says: For more information please refer to the MySQL reference manual, which may already be installed locally and which is also available online at http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/ The problem is that URL isn't valid and www.mysql.com treats it as a search for "en". This should probably be fixed. It looks like it should be http://dev.mysql.com/doc/en/. It also says "Source for mysql is available on http://opensolaris.org";, which should be more accurate and state that the source behind this particular distribution you've installed is on opensolaris.org but the source is available from mysql.com. - Matt > > IMO, we need to stick with the convention laid out by the OS. > > - Sriram > > Brian Overstreet wrote: >> Should the Webstack MySQL look at /etc/my.cnf location in addition to >> the default Webstack location? >> Currently, MySQL will look in /etc for configuration in addition to >> the default Webstack location of /etc/opt/... >> >> >> Thanks, >> Brian >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> >> webstack-discuss mailing list >> webstack-discuss at opensolaris.org >> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/webstack-discuss >> > _______________________________________________ > > > webstack-discuss mailing list > webstack-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/webstack-discuss
