Starting MySQL

[Ishwor Gurung]

Oh  and there's mysqld_safe
[...]
> $ mysql -u david -p
> <type your password>
>
> See how it goes. If you haven't set the user, then re-configure mysql
> to use one (iirc, by default, it has a root user. if it doesn't then
> just do as 'dpkg-reconfigure mysql-server' as root). If it still
> doesn't like it, try edting my.cnf (resides somewhere in /etc
> directory) directly - http://www.modwest.com/help/kb6-242.html

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/mysqld-safe.html
http://24x7servermanagement.com/blog/?p=44
(also, make sure to do a backup of your db, resides somewhere in
/var/backup methinks, you can run 'find /var -name mysql' to look for
it)

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Regards,
Ishwor Gurung