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[jekillen]

On Nov 23, 2007, at 9:25 PM, Josh Tolbert wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 23, 2007 at 09:04:01PM -0800, jekillen wrote:
>> Hello:
>> Is this the way to start mysqld in rc.conf?
>> mysqld_enable="YES"
>>
>> I ask because I have not found the specifics.
>> I copied the mysql.server script to the rc.d dir.
>> but the documentation only deals specifically
>> with Linux where startup scripts are concerned.
>> Thank you in advance;
>> Jeff K
>
> Hello Jeff,
>
> Did you install MySQL from ports? If so, take a look at the rc script 
> that
> exists for MySQL in /usr/local/etc/rc.d and see what you need to put in
> /etc/rc.conf.
yes, after a long saga of travail with mysql on this machine I did get 
it
up and running from ports.
Thank you for the info
Jeff K
>
> If you didn't install MySQL from ports...Then yeah, you're pretty much 
> on your
> own. :)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Josh
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