MySql Server Not Starting

[Richard Collyer]

Hello,

Done a google on this and come up with nothing. I had this problem a 
week ago and found the solution but I cant find it again and its bugging me.

in rc.conf I have mysqld_enable="YES" also I have mysql-server.sh in 
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/mysql-server.sh

Upon boot or by running the script manually I get...

(root at brian)-[/usr/local/libexec]$ /usr/local/etc/rc.d/mysql-server.sh 
--start
(root at brian)-[/usr/local/libexec]$

I can run mysql by using ./mysqld -u mysql in /usr/local/libexec but 
that runs it constantly so killing the ssh session stops the server.

I know the answer is going to be simple but I still cant find a 
reference to it on the web.

Cheers
Richard


---- mysql-server.sh ------

#!/bin/sh
#
# $FreeBSD: ports/databases/mysql40-server/files/mysql-server.sh.in,v 
1.2 2005/04/11 09:33:11 ale Exp $
#

# PROVIDE: mysql
# REQUIRE: NETWORKING SERVERS
# BEFORE: DAEMON
# KEYWORD: shutdown

#
# 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.
# mysql_limits (bool):  Set to "NO" by default.
#                       Set it to yes to run `limits -e -U mysql`
#                       just before mysql starts.
# mysql_dbdir (str):    Default to "/var/db/mysql"
#                       Base database directory.
# mysql_args (str):     Custom additional arguments to be passed
#                       to mysqld_safe (default empty).
#

. /usr/local/etc/rc.subr

name="mysql"
rcvar=`set_rcvar`

load_rc_config $name

: ${mysql_enable="NO"}
: ${mysql_limits="NO"}
: ${mysql_dbdir="/var/db/mysql"}
: ${mysql_args=""}

mysql_user="mysql"
mysql_limits_args="-e -U ${mysql_user}"
pidfile="${mysql_dbdir}/`/bin/hostname`.pid"
command="/usr/local/bin/mysqld_safe"
command_args="--defaults-extra-file=${mysql_dbdir}/my.cnf 
--user=${mysql_user} --datadir=${mysql_dbdir} --pi
procname="/usr/local/libexec/mysqld"
start_precmd="${name}_prestart"
mysql_install_db="/usr/local/bin/mysql_install_db"
mysql_install_db_args="--ldata=${mysql_dbdir}"

mysql_create_auth_tables()
{
         eval $mysql_install_db $mysql_install_db_args >/dev/null 2>&1
         [ $? -eq 0 ] && chown -R ${mysql_user}:${mysql_user} ${mysql_dbdir}
}

mysql_prestart()
{
         if [ ! -d "${mysql_dbdir}/mysql/." ]; then
                 mysql_create_auth_tables || return 1
         fi
         if checkyesno mysql_limits; then
                 eval `/usr/bin/limits ${mysql_limits_args}` 2>/dev/null
         else
                 return 0
         fi
}

run_rc_command "$1"