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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