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Neil Winchurst wrote: > Some research has shown me that, as root, I just enter > mysqld_safe & and away she goes. I must not include the bit about user > and mysql. To stop the server I use 'mysqldadmin shutdown' (as root). > Now I can play a bit. This is pretty much what I'd expect the start-up script to do, just with a few more parameters. For example, on a Centos 4.3 box, I see: /bin/sh /usr/bin/mysqld_safe --defaults-file=/etc/my.cnf --pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid Since the above works for you, the obvious place to look for the cause of the trouble would be the start-up script. Perhaps it's passing some other parameters to mysqld_safe that cause the daemon to fail. Running sh -x /usr/share/mysql/mysql.server start and going through the output might shed some light on that. James -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html