Am 20.08.2014 um 16:39 schrieb Augori:
> However, it's been 12 hours now and the thing is still restarting in safe
> mode and I can't tell if it's making progress.  The command I typed was
> 
> /usr/bin/mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables&
> 
> I think I forgot to include the ampersand (&) at the end which would have
> made it run in the background.

yes

just type STRG+Z which suspneds the brocess followed by the command "bg"

> So now I'm seeing output like this the following:
> -------
> ...
> 0-7f5f68388000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
> 7f5f68388000-7f5f6838900140820 08:35:01 mysqld_safe Number of processes
> running now: 0
> 140820 08:35:01 mysqld_safe mysqld restarted
> --------
> 
> It always says Number of processes running now is 0.
> And it always has the number 140820 on that last line.
> 
> Should I stop this?  If so how?  

by just press "STRG+C"

> If I let it go, is it going to take
> another 2-3 days to restart in regular mode?  Does anything have any
> alternative suggestions for my original credentials access problem?

mysqld_safe has *nothing* to do with "safe mode"

it's just the profram invoked to start mysqld and
watch / restart if mysqld dies

if you start an application in forground it will always
take forever or until it exits which you don't expect
from a service because - well, you just said to do so

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