Supporting the UW Web

I’ve got some instructions up for how to use the C&C-installed MySQL binaries. Noone should have to install MySQL on ovid or vergil anymore, which will save lots of disk space. This also means you shouldn’t have to install upgrades.

I’ve been using this copy of MySQL for running this blog, and any other MySQL applications I happen to be running, for months, and it works for me. It looks like 26 other accounts are using this copy of MySQL already. Good for them!

Using the C&C-Installed MySQL Binaries
http://www.washington.edu/computing/web/publishing/mysql-installed.html

Update:

The old cron script should now work fine, due to changes in the setup script.

The mysql_upgrade script, which checks all tables in all databases for incompatibilities with the current version of MySQL Server, has a bug that doesn’t allow it to process passwords correctly. We are planning to upgrade MySQL to 5.0.45 on Jan 2nd. This version has the mysql_upgrade bug fixed.