mysql startup

[James Box]

Resending due to moderation issue:

Ryan Rothert wrote:

> After an upgrade of a RH9 box to Fedora I get this when trying to start 
> MySQL. 
> 
> # /etc/init.d/mysqld start
> Timeout error occurred trying to start MySQL Daemon.
> Starting MySQL:                                            [FAILED]
> 
> However, even though the script says it FAILED, mysql seems to be running 
> just fine.

I saw the same thing. Looking at the startup script, it seems that it 
checks that mysqld is running with a 10 second timeout. It does this 
with 'mysqladmin ping'.

Unfortunately, for any secure mysql server, this will fail.

# /usr/bin/mysqladmin ping
/usr/bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
error: 'Access denied for user: 'root at localhost' (Using password: NO)'

James