Re: mysqld_safe

[Paul DuBois]

At 16:18 +0800 12/30/02, ecteo wrote:
>when I try to start MySQL 4.0.7 in Red Hat Linux 8 by issuing
>
>     mysqld_safe
>
>then a line of msg appear
>
>     starting mysqld deamon with database from /var/lib/mysql
>
>then the screen stay unchange, and it does not come back to shell -> [abc]#
>
>Does it normal or problem?

Normal.  Invoke it so that it starts in the background:

mysqld_safe &

>
>TIA.