-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Gerard Seibert wrote: > This is probably a dumb question, but I will ask it anyway. > > I have 'mysql' installed. From what I have deduced from the > documentation, I should start it using 'mysqld_safe'. I am assuming > that I would use the syntax 'mysqld_safe &' to force the program > into the background upon starting. What I can not seem to figure > out is how to get the program to start automatically upon boot up. > I actually just got throug this last night myself...there are a couple of ways to look at it depending on how you installed MySQL (from source or ports tree, etc), one being the FreeBSD handbook, and the other is the MySQL documentation. The latter provides a startup script in the MySQL source that you simply copy to /usr/local/etc/rc.d. See the following page for specifics: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/unix-post-installation.html
Hope this helps, Trevor -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (MingW32) iD8DBQFCrsUzoGycRpOgdeERArnzAJ0dNnCo5CBxI+lOMB6DIwuINQ6RtgCeMPeA KW16PhPZl8bdVujSjFb068s= =MpZf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
