I've poked around some more and realized I copied the wrong mysql.server
file into the etc/rc.d/init.d folder, so that is all fine now, but I still
can't get it to autostart. I'm using Mandrake 8.0 and set the paths up
through webmin so I can stop and start it through the webmin interface.
TIA!
At 05:59 PM 9/5/2001, you wrote:
>Hello all, been lurking for a bit and have come across something I can't
>quite figure out. I did a source install of MySQL and everything went
>great, could connect and look around, etc. I want it to autostart on
>reboot and moved the mysql.server file into /etc/rc.d/init.d so it would
>start on reboot, but unfortunately it doesn't. It's still startable by
>running /usr/local/mysql/bin/safe_mysqld &. I poked around in the
>mysql.server file and tried diff setting but to no avail. I checked out
>the Manual and went back through the old list stuff but couldn't find
>anything of note. Am I headed in the right direction with this by placing
>it in the init.d section, or is there somewhere else it goes. Also, do I
>need to set the PATH, EXEC and other fields in mysql.server before it will
>work or is it standalone?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
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