Here is what I did to get around this. Create a mysql user. Give it a passwd but no permissoins. edit the /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysqld file change the line if !([ -n "`/usr/bin/mysqladmin ping 2> /dev/null`" ]); the to if !([ -n "`/usr/bin/mysqladmin -u mysqluser -puserpass ping 2> /dev/null`" ]); then This should alllow the mysqluser to ping Doug ----- Original Message ----- if From: "James Box" <fedora@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2003 2:10 PM Subject: Re: mysql startup > Resending due to moderation issue: > > Ryan Rothert wrote: > > > After an upgrade of a RH9 box to Fedora I get this when trying to start > > MySQL. > > > > # /etc/init.d/mysqld start > > Timeout error occurred trying to start MySQL Daemon. > > Starting MySQL: [FAILED] > > > > However, even though the script says it FAILED, mysql seems to be running > > just fine. > > I saw the same thing. Looking at the startup script, it seems that it > checks that mysqld is running with a 10 second timeout. It does this > with 'mysqladmin ping'. > > Unfortunately, for any secure mysql server, this will fail. > > # /usr/bin/mysqladmin ping > /usr/bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed > error: 'Access denied for user: 'root@localhost' (Using password: NO)' >
