mysqld just ending...

[Ron Gilbert]

After almost a year of being up, my RH9 server lost power and rebooted. 
 When it came back up, mysql was not running.  I went in and ran 
safe_mysql to start it back up (I also tried the init.d script) but it 
failed to start.  No errors, nothing in the log.  After some 
investigation, it appears that the .pid file is never being created, so 
the safe_mysql ends immediately.  The only entry in the log or error 
files in the a notice that mysqld ended, and that's it.

The only clue I have is several month ago I was playing around with the 
mysql user and gave it a password.  I can't imagine how that would 
cause a problem, but it's the only thing I can think of.  If this is 
the problem, I'm not sure how to get the mysql user back to the default 
state.

Is the problem the mysql user?  All the permission for all the database 
directories are set correctly.  I'm am puzzled that mysqld just ends, 
not messages.

Any clues?
 

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