How to start and stop mysql?

[Volker Wysk]

Am Freitag, 12. Januar 2018, 08:46:21 CET schrieb Kevin O'Gorman:
> On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 7:22 AM, Volker Wysk <post at volker-wysk.de> wrote:
> 
> > Am Freitag, 12. Januar 2018, 09:08:22 CET schrieb Wade Smart:
> > > On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 9:03 AM, Kevin O'Gorman <kogorman at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > I need to start and stop mysql, and I've only figured out how to stop
> > it.
> > > > I need to start it (not rebooting) so that I can temporarily use
> > different
> > > > options.  In my case, I need --skip-grant-tables.
> >
> > > sudo service mysql start
> >
> > This just starts mysql the normal way. But the OP said, that he needs to
> > start it temporarily with self specified options.
> >
> > The following is how mysql is normally started (this is taken from
> > /etc/init.d/mysql):
> >
> >             # Start MySQL!
> >             su - mysql -s /bin/sh -c "/usr/bin/mysqld_safe > /dev/null
> > 2>&1 &"
> >
> > So the OP could use this, modify it as needed.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Volker
> >
> >
> Thanks.  Useful, I hope, but SHEESH! that mysqld_safe is over 1,000 lines
> of code.  I'll figure out how to use and modify it somehow....

Good luck

Volker