From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 12 11:22:51 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C45A916A4CE for ; Wed, 12 Jan 2005 11:22:51 +0000 (GMT) Received: from t-x.dignus.nl (t-x.dignus.nl [83.219.88.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CD0F43D1D for ; Wed, 12 Jan 2005 11:22:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from colin@kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl) Received: from localhost (localhost.dignus.nl [127.0.0.1]) by t-x.dignus.nl (Safehouse) with ESMTP id 9927228423; Wed, 12 Jan 2005 12:23:06 +0100 (CET) Received: from kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl (cjr-home [62.251.72.148]) by t-x.dignus.nl (Safehouse) with ESMTP id 081E22841E; Wed, 12 Jan 2005 12:23:02 +0100 (CET) Received: from kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl (localhost.kozy-kabin.nl [127.0.0.1]) by kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 718096160; Wed, 12 Jan 2005 12:22:43 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (colin@localhost)j0CBMcHM005199; Wed, 12 Jan 2005 12:22:42 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from colin@kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl) Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 12:22:38 +0100 From: "Colin J. Raven" To: Eric F Crist In-Reply-To: <5D403720-648A-11D9-AD37-000D9333E43C@secure-computing.net> Message-ID: <20050112121653.K802@kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl> References: <5D403720-648A-11D9-AD37-000D9333E43C@secure-computing.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Virus-Scanned: by RemSPAMd at ph230.plushosting.nl cc: "Walker, Michael" cc: "Freebsd-Questions \(E-mail\)" Subject: Re: Trouble starting MySQL X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 11:22:51 -0000 On Jan 12 at 05:09, Eric F Crist launched this into the bitstream: >>> >>> Did you added mysql_enable="YES" to /etc/rc.conf? >>> >> >> Yes, it's in there, as per your instructions :-) > > That is *actually* supposed to be mysqld_enable="YES". You're missing the > 'd'. If you read the script located in /usr/local/etc/rc.d, you'll see a > comment of the exact line to add to your rc.conf file. > > To start a server without rebooting the system, simply type the following > (this example is for mysqld): > > # /usr/local/etc/rc.d/mysqld.sh start > Umm, this is snipped directly from the script: # Add the following line to /etc/rc.conf to enable mysql: # mysql_enable (bool): Set to "NO" by default. # Set it to "YES" to enable MySQL. Is that wrong? *Should* it be mysqld_enable-"YES" within the script? If so, that's a kind of major oversight on the mysql/freebsd teams' part no? I am in the company of gurus so I should really keep my n00b trap (mostly) shut - as is usually the case :) -Colin