title: variable log_bin value off - what does it mean?
body: <p>I've edited my.cnf file to enable binary logging. Configuration I used is as follows:</p>
  
  <pre><code>[ mysqld ]
  
  log-bin= /var/lib/mysql/localhost-mysql-bin.log
  
  binlog-format = mixed
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>than I logged in as root to my server (on my computer, localhost that is) and used following command to check whether my bin_log is actually on:</p>
  
  <pre><code>SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'log_bin';
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and I got this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>+---------------+-------+
  | Variable_name | Value |
  +---------------+-------+
  | log_bin       | OFF   |
  +---------------+-------+
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>From what I gather is that I didn't suceed. Or does it mean that I haven't got any logs yet?</p>