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  1. MariaDB Server
  2. MDEV-6655

[PATCH] mysqld_multi default log location in wrong directory

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    • Bug
    • Status: Open (View Workflow)
    • Minor
    • Resolution: Unresolved
    • 10.0.13
    • 10.4, 10.5, 10.6, 10.11
    • None
    • Linux (but should not be OS specific)

    Description

      From my original bug report http://bugs.mysql.com/73750

      Description:
      If no datadir is set via option files or command line the log location defaults to:

        [...]
        if (!defined($logdir))
        {
          $logdir= "/usr/share/mysql" if (-d "/usr/share/mysql" && -w "/usr/share/mysql");
        }
        [...]

      (or whatever the "share" path is for the current installation) in the init_log() function inside the script

      This is a very unexpected location, and AFAICT in violation with the linux file system standard (and Unix practice in general) as /usr should be considered read-only for everything but software installation actions (so that a read-only /usr file system can be shared between multiple installations)

      How to repeat:
      Check source of installed mysqld_multi script or just use mysqld_multi with --no-defaults or the exampe my.cnf given in the script itself, then see that you have a "mysqld_multi.log" file in the same directory that the error message translations, charset information, and files like mysql_system_tables.sql are in
      (usually /usr/share/mysql or /usr/local/mysql/share ...) ... at least if the user executing mysqld_multi had sufficient permissions to write there ...

      Suggested fix:
      The default log location should be the default datadir, not pkgdatadir ...

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            TheLinuxJedi Andrew Hutchings
            hholzgra Hartmut Holzgraefe
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