Thanks! But if it's running in the background, how will I know when it has completed?
On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 11:04 AM, Reindl Harald <h.rei...@thelounge.net> wrote: > > > 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 > >
