Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 14:05:32 -0400 From: Gerard Seibert <gerard-seibert@suscom.net> To: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re[2]: Restarting MySQL from CRON Message-ID: <20050910140047.81C2.GERARD-SEIBERT@suscom.net> In-Reply-To: <20050910162702.GJ84582@dan.emsphone.com> References: <Pine.WNT.4.63.0509101204160.2920@Treneq.frvorepbz.arg> <20050910162702.GJ84582@dan.emsphone.com>
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=1EOn Saturday, September 10, 2005 12:27:02 PM Dan Nelson <dnelson@allant= group.com> wrote: > In the last episode (Sep 10), Gerard Seibert said: > > From time to time, I have found that MySQL has ceased to run. I have > > a mailing program that requires that MySQL be running in order for it > > to operate. > >=20 > > Since I cannot seem to track down why it occasionally stops > > functioning, and since the program that depends on it is started via > > CRON, would it be advisable to put an entry into the CRON that would > > restart MYSQL prior to the other program running. > >=20 > > I was thinking of using this: > >=20 > > 0 0 * * * /usr/local/etc/rc.d/mysql-server.sh restart > >=20 > > Would that work, or is there a better way? >=20 > "start" is better than "restart", since that won't cause an existing > mysqld to exit. But the startup script runs a script called > mysqld_safe, which automatically restarts mysqld if it crashes anyway.=20 > You might want to check your mysql .err log; maybe someone with the > SHUTDOWN privilege is doing a clean shutdown. >=20 > --=20 > Dan Nelson > dnelson@allantgroup.com ********** Reply Separator ********** Saturday, September 10, 2005 2:00:47 PM It definitely does not restart automatically. In addition, I am the only user with root access. I doubt that anyone is shutting it down, even by mistake. Where do I find this mysql error file? I cannot seem to locate it. Thanks for your assistance.
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