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  • ozarks
    #1

    How to setup symbolic links to networked drives in XP

    I want to setup a database symbolic link within Windows XP to a
    network drive which has significanlty more space available and can't
    seem to get it working. Here is my setup....

    - I am running MySQL 4.1.7

    - I have tried this with both the 'mysqld-max' and 'mysqld-max-nt'
    servers

    - Per the MySQL manual (section 7.6.1.3) I setup a 'foo.sym' file in
    the C:\MySQL\data directory which references the "linked" database
    direcotry.

    - If I setup the .sym file to reference another disk local to the
    machine (e.g. D:\ running the server it works fine.

    - If I setup the .sym file to reference to a networked drive it does
    not work.

    I have tried referencing the networked drive by the mapped drive
    designator ("Z:\"), by remote machine name ("\\remote_host \"), and by
    IP address. Has anyone set this up? Is there something I am missing?

    Thanks!
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    • 2metre
      #2
      Re: How to setup symbolic links to networked drives in XP

      ozarks wrote:[color=blue]
      > I want to setup a database symbolic link within Windows XP to a
      > network drive which has significanlty more space available and can't
      > seem to get it working. Here is my setup....
      >
      > - I am running MySQL 4.1.7
      >
      > - I have tried this with both the 'mysqld-max' and 'mysqld-max-nt'
      > servers
      >
      > - Per the MySQL manual (section 7.6.1.3) I setup a 'foo.sym' file in
      > the C:\MySQL\data directory which references the "linked" database
      > direcotry.
      >
      > - If I setup the .sym file to reference another disk local to the
      > machine (e.g. D:\ running the server it works fine.
      >
      > - If I setup the .sym file to reference to a networked drive it does
      > not work.
      >
      > I have tried referencing the networked drive by the mapped drive
      > designator ("Z:\"), by remote machine name ("\\remote_host \"), and by
      > IP address. Has anyone set this up? Is there something I am missing?
      >
      > Thanks![/color]
      I'm not good on Windows networks or MySQL on Windows, but this sounds
      like it might be a permissions problem. ie You have connected to the
      remote drive under your user account, but MySQL runs as a service.

      Just a quick hunch, so, please, no-one shoot me if I'm nowhere near the
      ballpark!

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        • steve
          #3
          Re: How to setup symbolic links to networked drives in XP

          "johnomorri s" wrote:[color=blue]
          > I want to setup a database symbolic link within Windows XP to a
          > network drive which has significanlty more space available and
          > can’t
          > seem to get it working. Here is my setup....
          >
          > - I am running MySQL 4.1.7
          >
          > - I have tried this with both the ’mysqld-max’ and
          > ’mysqld-max-nt’
          > servers
          >
          > - Per the MySQL manual (section 7.6.1.3) I setup a
          > ’foo.sym’ file in
          > the C:\MySQL\data directory which references the "linked"[/color]
          database[color=blue]
          > direcotry.
          >
          > - If I setup the .sym file to reference another disk local to the
          > machine (e.g. D:\ running the server it works fine.
          >
          > - If I setup the .sym file to reference to a networked drive it[/color]
          does[color=blue]
          > not work.
          >
          > I have tried referencing the networked drive by the mapped drive
          > designator ("Z:\"), by remote machine name[/color]
          ("\remote_host\ "), and by[color=blue]
          > IP address. Has anyone set this up? Is there something I am[/color]
          missing?[color=blue]
          >
          > Thanks![/color]

          Hate to disappoint you, but from everything I have read, this is not
          possible in Windows (although mysql docs say it is). I could be proven
          wrong...

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            • ozarks
              #4
              Re: How to setup symbolic links to networked drives in XP

              johnomorris@ade lphia.net (ozarks) wrote in message news:<cb4bf239. 0411020902.2a66 b486@posting.go ogle.com>...[color=blue]
              > I want to setup a database symbolic link within Windows XP to a
              > network drive which has significanlty more space available and can't
              > seem to get it working. Here is my setup....
              >
              > - I am running MySQL 4.1.7
              >
              > - I have tried this with both the 'mysqld-max' and 'mysqld-max-nt'
              > servers
              >
              > - Per the MySQL manual (section 7.6.1.3) I setup a 'foo.sym' file in
              > the C:\MySQL\data directory which references the "linked" database
              > direcotry.
              >
              > - If I setup the .sym file to reference another disk local to the
              > machine (e.g. D:\ running the server it works fine.
              >
              > - If I setup the .sym file to reference to a networked drive it does
              > not work.
              >
              > I have tried referencing the networked drive by the mapped drive
              > designator ("Z:\"), by remote machine name ("\\remote_host \"), and by
              > IP address. Has anyone set this up? Is there something I am missing?
              >
              > Thanks![/color]

              I corrected this problem by going into the service properties and
              instead of using the "Local System account" I used a domain login that
              had read/write on the remote machine with the dirve I was networking.
              I have this working with the mysqld-nt server.

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