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Re: Can't disable Mariadb general query log

 

Excellent: https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MDEV-12684 in 10.5 shows what
config set the value.

Sincerely,
Artem

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On Sat, Aug 29, 2020 at 3:36 PM Artem Russakovskii <archon810@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Hi Karl,
>
> I logged in as this user (su mysql -s /bin/bash) and found that its home
> dir is set to /var/lib/mysql, which is where all the mysql files are. No
> .my.cnf in there or any similar configs.
>
> And oh my god, I just found where the setting is coming from. It is indeed
> coming from an include at the very end of my.cnf (!includedir
> /etc/my.cnf.d) which I now vaguely remember setting up many years ago and
> stuffing any settings that are different across the slaves in there so that
> the main file could be rsynced over freely. I didn't see it because it was
> the last line in the config, past other sections, so it didn't occur to me
> that stuff in other sections could be affecting [mysqld]. 🤦‍♂️ 🤦‍♂️
> 🤦‍♂️  egg on face.
>
> One thing that would have been really good in this process is either a way
> to see where a given value was set or a verbose mode that prints out each
> value as config files are being read along with config file names.
> Basically, some way to trace who does what, where, and when.
>
> Thanks for the helpful hint, Karl, things finally make sense again.
>
> Sincerely,
> Artem
>
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>
>
> On Sat, Aug 29, 2020 at 3:24 PM Karl Levik <karl.levik@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi again Artem,
>>
>> Just a few thoughts:
>>
>> It might be more correct to run "sudo -u mysql mysqld --help --verbose"
>> as that is the user running mysqld.
>>
>> Also, ~/.my.cnf will of course refer to the file in the mysql user's home
>> dir (if that exists) rather than the one in your own home dir.
>>
>> And lastly, just to be sure, you *did* of course check the contents of
>> any files included by /etc/my.cnf as well, right? (I'm sure you wouldn't
>> make such a rookie mistake, but we have to check all possibilities ....)
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Karl
>>
>> On Sat, 29 Aug 2020 at 22:48, Artem Russakovskii <archon810@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Karl,
>>>
>>> The option is in the same group as all other settings that do take
>>> effect ([mysqld]) and is the same across all 3 slave servers.
>>>
>>> Default options are read from the following files in the given order:
>>>> /etc/my.cnf ~/.my.cnf
>>>> The following groups are read: mysqld server mysqld-10.4 mariadb
>>>> mariadb-10.4 mariadbd mariadbd-10.4 client-server galera
>>>
>>>
>>> ~/.my.cnf only contains user/password auth info and nothing else.
>>>
>>> The printout lists these:
>>>
>>>> general-log                                                TRUE
>>>> general-log-file
>>>> /var/log/mysql/mysqld-queries.log
>>>
>>>
>>> The log-file is exactly what I set in my.cnf, but general-log is set to
>>> TRUE, even though I have it set to "off".
>>>
>>> I'm still at a loss.
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>> Artem
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 1:45 PM Karl Levik <karl.levik@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Artem,
>>>>
>>>> In which option group have you placed the setting? ([server], [mysqld],
>>>> [mariadb] etc.)
>>>>
>>>> Are you sure your setting isn't being overridden by another option
>>>> file? You can check the output of running "mysqld --help --verbose" and
>>>> verify that you don't have any extra files at the locations listed.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Karl
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, 22 Aug 2020, 6:09 pm Artem Russakovskii, <archon810@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I opened up a bug report here
>>>>> https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MDEV-23540.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>> Artem
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 4:29 PM Artem Russakovskii <
>>>>> archon810@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi folks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm at a loss here. I've had a mysql and now mariadb
>>>>>> (MariaDB 10.4.13-MariaDB-log) slave with query logging enabled for years,
>>>>>> but I'm now trying to turn it off using the my.cnf option and it does not
>>>>>> seem to stick on server restarts.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What's weird is the other slaves with the exact same my.cnf don't
>>>>>> log, but this one slave refuses to stop doing it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> To clarify, SET global general_log = 0 does stop logging but the
>>>>>> setting comes back on after a restart.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm turning it off in my.cnf like this:
>>>>>> general_log = off
>>>>>> #Enter a name for the query log file. Otherwise a default name will
>>>>>> be used.
>>>>>> general_log_file=/var/log/mysql/mysqld-queries.log
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Commenting out general_log_file simply changes it to go to a
>>>>>> different location. I also tried general_log=0 without any luck.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ps shows it as running with:
>>>>>> mysql    27580     1 99 16:26 ?        00:01:40 /usr/sbin/mysqld
>>>>>> --defaults-file=/etc/my.cnf --user=mysql
>>>>>> So --general-log isn't getting set on command line.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What am I missing? Why does it insist on getting turned on and
>>>>>> refuses to listen to the setting? Is it a bug?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>>> Artem
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
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