MySQL not starting ?

All- Good afternoon. I was able to get MySQL started this morning but it will not start now. I'm hoping someone may be able to offer a suggestion or insight... Normally, I issue the command: [root@localhost root]# safe_mysqld -user=root [1] 1781 [root@localhost root]# Starting mysqld daemon

MySQL port # ?

Does anyone know how to determine what port MySQL is using? I need to know the port so that I can use it in a JDBC connection URL. Any suggestions on how to get this info? Thanks, in advance- Laura - Before posting,

[JDBC / MySQL] Access Denied for User ?

I am not sure if a Java JDBC error is appropriate for this list or not. If not, I apologize in advance. I'm getting the error below that I'm trying figure out where to start researching... Invalid authorization- access denied for user... This seems strange b/c I'm using root as username,