The reason I don't like subdirectories of /var is because it is part of the root partition, which is usually small. I would prefer it to be in the larger partitions (/home or /usr) or, even better,...
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The reason I don't like subdirectories of /var is because it is part of the root partition, which is usually small. I would prefer it to be in the larger partitions (/home or /usr) or, even better,...
You can use "show variables;" and look for datadir. On my system, that is giving /var/lib/mysql, which if correct, is not a very good place. I am new at this, too.
Tim