[kwlug-disc] MySQL config file link loop

[Bob Jonkman]

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Never mind.  Reading my own message I see that the alternatives link
actualy points to mysql.cnf, not my.cnf

- --Bob, who's been staring at this screen too long.


On 26/10/15 07:33 PM, Bob Jonkman wrote:
> Hi: I'm working on a new installation of Ubuntu 15.10 with MySQL,
> and I see that the config file /etc/mysql/my.cnf is a symlink to a
> file in /etc/alternatives/my.cnf but that's just a symlink back to
> the orignal file. What gives?
> 
> root at irving:/# ls -l /etc/mysql/my.cnf lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24
> Oct 23 21:26 /etc/mysql/my.cnf -> /etc/alternatives/my.cnf
> 
> root at irving:/# ls -l /etc/alternatives/my.cnf lrwxrwxrwx 1 root
> root 20 Oct 23 21:29 /etc/alternatives/my.cnf -> 
> /etc/mysql/mysql.cnf
> 
> --Bob.
> 
> 
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