Ken, Here's one way:
>From a terminal window, logged in as root or su, run setup and then select services and you can select mysqld to be automatically started. HTH! Cory sql, mysql, select, query On Wed, 2002-12-04 at 08:31, Ken Morley wrote: > On my RedHat Linux 7.3 system with MySQL 3.23, I can manually start mysqld > by using the following command: /usr/share/mysql/mysql.server start. > > I always want the SQL server daemon running, so how can I automate the > startup? > Also, isn't there a way to safely stop the daemon automatically on system > shutdown? > > I have referred to the manual, but it is not specific to RH Linux 7.3 and > I'm a newbie. > > Thanks very much for your help! > > Ken Morley > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php -- Cory Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> TRI-International --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php