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[Antony Stone <Antony.Stone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday 13 October 2022 at 16:36:41, Jogchum Reitsma wrote:

> >> mount --bind <the-location-the-database-resides-now> /var/lib/mysql

> OK, I've done so, and now
> 
> l /var/lib/mysql
> 
> reads, no surprise, the contents of the original db location.
> 
> In /etc/my.cnf I changed the location to /var/lib/mysql.
> 
> But, starting the database server still fails with the same error and
> warning messages:

Have you tried setting the "alternative location" of your MariaDB files to some 
directory under /var/lib instead of trying to put them somewhere under /home?


Antony.

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