Re: [Maria-developers] Windows installer kick-off
----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Widenius" <monty@askmonty.org> To: "Steve Obbayi" <steve@sobbayi.com> Cc: maria-developers@lists.launchpad.net Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 11:53:43 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [Maria-developers] Windows installer kick-off Hi!
"Steve" == Steve Obbayi <steve@sobbayi.com> writes:
Steve> Hi All, one thing we need to know is that windows users a lot of the times are beginners. Steve> In addition to that the installer needs to be able to: Steve> 1. create the default user Steve> 2. Choose the location of the data files (not just innoDB but for the other storage engines) Steve> 3. Ability to install multiple servers based on port Good suggestions. Steve> 4. Tell the user to reboot the computer after installation. I found sometimes after a fresh install of mysql on windows it doesnt say that but the server behaves erratic until the time one has to restart the computer. It would be very nice to get more information about the above. I have never seen the above problem and don't know of any reason why a reboot would help. Can you explain the 'erratic' behavior ? Regards, Monty Hi Monty, It happens at times when mysql 5.x is installed on windows and the user set up lets say "root" and the wizard finishes. I have encountered several times that the mysql server is inaccessible using the user that was set (in this case "root" )until a reboot is done then everything works fine. I havent encountered this on windows vista its only windows xp. Regards, Steve
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 hello steve, I have made some installers for windows using install shield at work. Anyways, when a package is made for windows we reboot a machine only when there is "Registry Hardening" thats is required. If it is a service based system, we script a custom action; meaning a trigger in the installer which run and restarts the service. I think a reboot is necessary if and only if registry keys or any kind of virtual or physical device are modified from my experience. Best Regards Jose M Manimala Steve Obbayi wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Widenius" <monty@askmonty.org> To: "Steve Obbayi" <steve@sobbayi.com> Cc: maria-developers@lists.launchpad.net Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 11:53:43 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [Maria-developers] Windows installer kick-off
Hi!
"Steve" == Steve Obbayi <steve@sobbayi.com> writes:
Steve> Hi All, one thing we need to know is that windows users a lot of the times are beginners. Steve> In addition to that the installer needs to be able to: Steve> 1. create the default user Steve> 2. Choose the location of the data files (not just innoDB but for the other storage engines) Steve> 3. Ability to install multiple servers based on port
Good suggestions.
Steve> 4. Tell the user to reboot the computer after installation. I found sometimes after a fresh install of mysql on windows it doesnt say that but the server behaves erratic until the time one has to restart the computer.
It would be very nice to get more information about the above. I have never seen the above problem and don't know of any reason why a reboot would help.
Can you explain the 'erratic' behavior ?
Regards, Monty
Hi Monty, It happens at times when mysql 5.x is installed on windows and the user set up lets say "root" and the wizard finishes. I have encountered several times that the mysql server is inaccessible using the user that was set (in this case "root" )until a reboot is done then everything works fine. I havent encountered this on windows vista its only windows xp.
Regards, Steve
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Hi!
"Jose" == Jose M Manimala <Jose> writes:
Jose> hello steve, Jose> I have made some installers for windows using Jose> install shield at work. Anyways, when a package is made for windows Jose> we reboot a machine only when there is "Registry Hardening" thats is Jose> required. If it is a service based system, we script a custom action; Jose> meaning a trigger in the installer which run and restarts the service. Jose> I think a reboot is necessary if and only if registry keys or any kind Jose> of virtual or physical device are modified from my experience. <cut> As MariaDB doesn't use the registery (except maybe for storing where the base directory is), this shouldn't be a problem. Regards, Monty
Hi!
"Steve" == Steve Obbayi <steve@sobbayi.com> writes:
<cut> Steve> Hi Monty, Steve> It happens at times when mysql 5.x is installed on windows and the user set up lets say "root" and the wizard finishes. I have encountered several times that the mysql server is inaccessible using the user that was set (in this case "root" )until a reboot is done then everything works fine. I havent encountered this on windows vista its only windows xp. That sounds like one added the user with insert commands into the mysql.user table without doing a 'mysqladmin flush-privileges' afterwords. I would guess this is a bug in the installer that is easy to get around. Regards, Monty
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