SPUG: mysql

[John Cokos]

Check the userid that your startup script
tells the mysql daemon to start as.  I've
found that if it's not set to "root" then
it won't autostart on LInux machines.

John


> From: marlin <marlingreene at mindspring.com>
> Reply-To: marlingreene at mindspring.com
> Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 18:05:18 -0700
> To: spug-list at pm.org
> Subject: SPUG: mysql
> 
> OK... first thanks to those who help me a few days ago with the "mysql
> won't start" problem.
> 
> It still won't start--that is at machine reboot or startup.
> 
> It will start manually if I type in "safe_mysqld -u root"
> 
> Fact about this case:
> 
> 1. The mysql config file has the line "mysql_daemon_user=mysql"
> 2. Watching the lines at startup reveals that mysql daemon starts,
> then immediately stops.
> 3. This can be confirmed if (after logging on) I try to start the
> mysql daemon from the cmd line with "safe_mysqld start" -- I see
> "starting mysql" then immediately "stopping mysql" just like when
> the startup script is executing.
> 4. I can make it run from the cmd line with "safe_mysqld start -u root"
> 
> Can anyone explain why it won't start automatically, as directed by
> the startup config, before anyone is logged in?
> 
> I am concerned that something is configured incorrectly, but I don't
> know where else to look. I have tried changing the owner of mysql folder
> and data files to "mysql" and that doesn't seem to matter.
> 
> Thanks...
> 
> Marlin 
> 
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