/etc/rc.d/init.d/mysqld start

[Alexandre de Abreu]

Dexter Ang wrote:
> just wondering if this is only happening to me. i have set up mysql to
> require a password for "root" upon login. now, whenever i start mysql
> using /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysqld start, i get the message that starting
> mysql timed-out and failed, even though it actually started. checking
> that script, i've determined that it hangs when it tries to ping the
> mysql server (mysqladmin ping), since ping-ing now requires a password.
> my temporary solution was to comment the ping part out (just so i can
> get an OK for mysql's startup. was this how it always was? i've used rh9
> with mysql before, with the exact same setup (root requires psasword no
> matter where logging in from), and this never occurred. is this only
> happening to me? any solution on how to allow "mysqladmin ping" without
> requiring a password?
> 
> dex
> 
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The same for me. :)
On rh9's mysqld init script, there's nothing about mysqlping. I just 
commented it out, too.

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Alexandre Lima de Abreu, RHCE, LPIC-2, CCNA
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Proteus Security Systems
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