1、数据库目录,其所创建的数据库文件 :/var/lib/mysql/
2、配置文件 mysql.server命令和配置文件 :/usr/share/mysql
3、相关命令:如mysql mysqladmin等:/usr/bin
4、启动脚本:如mysql启动命令 /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysqld
mysql默认字符是latin1 ,修改成utf-8:
直接把下面这段拷贝到/etc/my.cnf中
#vi /etc/my.cnf
[client]
default-character-set=utf8
[mysqld]
datadir=/var/lib/mysql
socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
user=mysql
# Disabling symbolic-links is recommended to prevent assorted security risks
symbolic-links=0
#default-character-set=utf8
character-set-server=utf8
init_connect='SET NAMES utf8'
[mysql]
no-auto-rehash
default-character-set=utf8
[mysqld_safe]
log-error=/var/log/mysqld.log
pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
注意:在[mysqld]中:
character-set-server=utf8 (错误)
default-character-set=utf8 (正确)
否则会报:Starting MySQL...The server quit without updating PID file [失败]lib/mysql/localhost.localdomain.pid).异常
设置完毕,重新启动mysql:
#/etc/init.d/mysql restart
[root@iZuf6bkbivtw79zmz2q0m9Z ~]# /etc/init.d/mysqld restart
Stopping mysqld: [ OK ]
Starting mysqld: [ OK ]
[root@iZuf6bkbivtw79zmz2q0m9Z ~]# mysql -u root -p
Enter password:
Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 2
Server version: 5.1.73 Source distribution
Copyright (c) 2000, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its
affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective
owners.
Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.
mysql> show variables like 'character_set%';
+--------------------------+----------------------------+
| Variable_name | Value |
+--------------------------+----------------------------+
| character_set_client | utf8 |
| character_set_connection | utf8 |
| character_set_database | utf8 |
| character_set_filesystem | binary |
| character_set_results | utf8 |
| character_set_server | utf8 |
| character_set_system | utf8 |
| character_sets_dir | /usr/share/mysql/charsets/ |
+--------------------------+----------------------------+
8 rows in set (0.00 sec)
解决完毕!!!!!