Second mysqld fails...

[Greg G]

This is strange.  I've tried to set up a second mysqld to run, but it 
fails.  Well, fails isn't quite the right word, it simply exits immediately.

/usr/local/mysql4017/bin/mysqld_safe -v --basedir=/usr/local/mysql4017 
--defaults-file=`pwd`/my.cnf --socket=/tmp/mysql2.sock --port 12225 
--pid-file=/tmp/mysql2.pid --user=mysql 
--datadir=/usr/local/mysql4017/var2 &

The .err file in var2 says:
040212 09:30:23  mysqld started
/usr/local/mysql4017/libexec/mysqld  Ver 4.0.17 for sun-solaris2.7 on 
sparc (Source distribution)
040212 09:30:24  mysqld ended

Any idea what I could be doing wrong here?  The my.cnf just has some ssl 
certificates in it, and nothing else.

-Greg G