having trouble killing mysqld to restart and change root password

2002-02-06 Thread JP Audette
Howdy, I'm trying to reset a forgotten password for a MySQL server, and I can't kill mysqld via the method mentioned in the documentation (or by any method for that matter). When I try using the command... kill 'cat /var/lib/mysql/mysqld.pid' ...I get a message saying that there is no such

RE: having trouble killing mysqld to restart and change root password

2002-02-06 Thread Gary . Every
If you need to, use the kill -9 pid -9 is a definite kill and it will work -Original Message- From: JP Audette [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 2:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: having trouble killing mysqld to restart and change root password Howdy