On Thu, 2003-11-27 at 20:53, Alexander Dalloz wrote: > Am Do, den 27.11.2003 schrieb Dexter Ang um 12:12: > > just wondering if this is only happening to me. i have set up mysql to > > require a password for "root" upon login. now, whenever i start mysql > > using /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysqld start, i get the message that starting > > mysql timed-out and failed, even though it actually started. checking > > that script, i've determined that it hangs when it tries to ping the > > mysql server (mysqladmin ping), since ping-ing now requires a password. > > my temporary solution was to comment the ping part out (just so i can > > get an OK for mysql's startup. was this how it always was? i've used rh9 > > with mysql before, with the exact same setup (root requires psasword no > > matter where logging in from), and this never occurred. is this only > > happening to me? any solution on how to allow "mysqladmin ping" without > > requiring a password? > > > > dex > > It's a fault in the init script and it has a bugzilla entry. > > To correct it change the line where it is checked whether the daemon is > alife to: > > mysqladmin -u DUMMY_USER ping > > Alexander > hey thanks! this works great. i guess i really should spend more time searching through bugzilla first. =D dex
