that would depend on the rc.d/mysqld script's ownership, is this a mysql.com issue or a fedora issue? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doncho N. Gunchev" <mr700@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 17:15:23 +0200 To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: mysqld issues > On Thursday 25 March 2004 16:21, duncan brown wrote: > > I was reading through the archives for this user's mailing list and no one really addressed a GREAT out of the box way to deal with the ping failing on mysqld start in the init.d scripts. I've just changed the ping lines to the following: > > > > /usr/bin/mysqladmin ping -u $RANDOM 2> /dev/null > > > > this way, even if root doesn't have a pw set, the ping will work when the server is up. > This has been discussed in this list before. I just changed it to something > I know I will not use as a valid user. I don't know if there is bugzilla entry > on this subject, but you could add one if not ;) > > -- > Regards, > Doncho N. Gunchev Registered Linux User #291323 at counter.li.org > GPG-Key-ID: 1024D/DA454F79 > Key fingerprint = 684F 688B C508 C609 0371 5E0F A089 CB15 DA45 4F79 > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list +( duncan brown +( duncanbrown@xxxxxxxxx +( http://www.linuxadvocate.net she's crashing her car in an intersection she did not see the light she's walking round and round in a shopping mall as if she had no sight dreams are only clouds that form and dissipate the sky is a highway for metal birds and land is real estate she does not understand her world depends upon a history of lies she walks right by all her old high school friends for she has dollar signs in her eyes - the dead milkmen, "dollar signs in her eyes"
