<html><body> I duplicated this on a fresh install with MySQL only and actually mounting /var/lib/mysql (instead of making a symlink). On that system, "restorecon -R ..." fixed the symptom. Thanks. On the original image where I had the problem, rebooting seems to have fixed it... or at least, after rebooting, "service mysqld start" with a RedHat's standard init script starts the service. -- <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top"><td width="345" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">David Lee Lambert Software Developer IBM office ph# 517-391-5236 (T/L 596-5236) cell ph# 586-873-8813 member <a href="http://www.acm.org/">ACM</a>, <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/greaterlansingjug">Lansing JUG</a>, <a href="http://detroit.pm.org/">Detroit.pm</a>, <a href="http://www.mdlug.org/">MDLUG</a> </td><td width="261" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">IBM Global Business Services Michigan Application Services Delivery Center 600 E Crescent Rd, Floor 2 East Lansing, MI 48823 </td></tr> </table> <img width="16" height="16" src="cid:1__=0ABBFD57DFFC4ADF8f9e8a93df938@us.ibm.com" border="0" alt="Inactive hide details for Jan-Frode Myklebust ---10/21/2010 02:35:01 AM---On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 10:25:58AM -0400, David L Lam">Jan-Frode Myklebust ---10/21/2010 02:35:01 AM---On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 10:25:58AM -0400, David L Lambert wrote: > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top"><td width="1%"><img width="96" height="1" src="cid:2__=0ABBFD57DFFC4ADF8f9e8a93df938@us.ibm.com" border="0" alt=""> From:</td><td width="100%"><img width="1" height="1" src="cid:2__=0ABBFD57DFFC4ADF8f9e8a93df938@us.ibm.com" border="0" alt=""> Jan-Frode Myklebust <janfrode@tanso.net></td></tr> <tr valign="top"><td width="1%"><img width="96" height="1" src="cid:2__=0ABBFD57DFFC4ADF8f9e8a93df938@us.ibm.com" border="0" alt=""> To:</td><td width="100%"><img width="1" height="1" src="cid:2__=0ABBFD57DFFC4ADF8f9e8a93df938@us.ibm.com" border="0" alt=""> David L Lambert/Lansing/IBM@IBMUS</td></tr> <tr valign="top"><td width="1%"><img width="96" height="1" src="cid:2__=0ABBFD57DFFC4ADF8f9e8a93df938@us.ibm.com" border="0" alt=""> Cc:</td><td width="100%" valign="middle"><img width="1" height="1" src="cid:2__=0ABBFD57DFFC4ADF8f9e8a93df938@us.ibm.com" border="0" alt=""> rhelv6-beta-list@redhat.com</td></tr> <tr valign="top"><td width="1%"><img width="96" height="1" src="cid:2__=0ABBFD57DFFC4ADF8f9e8a93df938@us.ibm.com" border="0" alt=""> Date:</td><td width="100%"><img width="1" height="1" src="cid:2__=0ABBFD57DFFC4ADF8f9e8a93df938@us.ibm.com" border="0" alt=""> 10/21/2010 02:35 AM</td></tr> <tr valign="top"><td width="1%"><img width="96" height="1" src="cid:2__=0ABBFD57DFFC4ADF8f9e8a93df938@us.ibm.com" border="0" alt=""> Subject:</td><td width="100%"><img width="1" height="1" src="cid:2__=0ABBFD57DFFC4ADF8f9e8a93df938@us.ibm.com" border="0" alt=""> Re: [rhelv6-beta-list] Issue with MySQL init script, etc.</td></tr> </table> <hr width="100%" size="2" align="left" noshade style="color:#8091A5; "> <tt>On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 10:25:58AM -0400, David L Lambert wrote: > > as root starts the server, with the following output; "/etc/init.d/mysqld > stop" in a different terminal stops it fine: Since you've been starting "mysqld_safe" directly outside of the initscripts, you might have screwed up the selinux labels. Try fixing these by running: restorecon -R /var/lib/mysql restorecon /var/log/mysqld.log /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock restorecon /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid Does starting it via "service" instead of running the script directly make any difference? /sbin/service mysqld start -jf </tt> </body></html>