How to kill mysql started with "mysql_safe" script? - mysql

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Short version: I started mysql with mysql_safe and I can't kill it.
Long version: Installing an older version of mysql with macport displayed this suggestion:
$ sudo port install mysql55-server
---> Computing dependencies for mysql55-server
---> Fetching archive for mysql55-server
---> Attempting to fetch mysql55-server-5.5.49_0.darwin_14.noarch.tbz2 from https://packages.macports.org/mysql55-server
---> Attempting to fetch mysql55-server-5.5.49_0.darwin_14.noarch.tbz2.rmd160 from https://packages.macports.org/mysql55-server
---> Installing mysql55-server #5.5.49_0
---> Activating mysql55-server #5.5.49_0
If this is a new install you might want to run:
$ sudo -u _mysql /opt/local/lib/mysql55/bin/mysql_install_db
Running that gave these instructions:
$ sudo -u _mysql /opt/local/lib/mysql55/bin/mysql_install_db
Installing MySQL system tables...
161102 13:15:44 [Note] /opt/local/lib/mysql55/bin/mysqld (mysqld 5.5.49) starting as process 54176 ...
OK
Filling help tables...
161102 13:15:44 [Note] /opt/local/lib/mysql55/bin/mysqld (mysqld 5.5.49) starting as process 54180 ...
OK
To start mysqld at boot time you have to copy
support-files/mysql.server to the right place for your system
PLEASE REMEMBER TO SET A PASSWORD FOR THE MySQL root USER !
To do so, start the server, then issue the following commands:
/opt/local/lib/mysql55/bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'new-password'
/opt/local/lib/mysql55/bin/mysqladmin -u root -h myusername password 'new-password'
Alternatively you can run:
/opt/local/lib/mysql55/bin/mysql_secure_installation
which will also give you the option of removing the test
databases and anonymous user created by default. This is
strongly recommended for production servers.
See the manual for more instructions.
You can start the MySQL daemon with:
cd /opt/local ; /opt/local/lib/mysql55/bin/mysqld_safe &
You can test the MySQL daemon with mysql-test-run.pl
cd /opt/local/mysql-test ; perl mysql-test-run.pl
Please report any problems at http://bugs.mysql.com/
At this point I (unwisely, it seems) ran:
$ cd /opt/local ; /opt/local/lib/mysql55/bin/mysqld_safe &
Now I cannot figure out how to stop the mysql and/or daemondo process(es):
$ ps aux | grep mysql55
myusername 54937 0.1 0.0 2432772 660 s001 R+ 1:39PM 0:00.00 grep mysql55
_mysql 54888 0.0 0.1 2667884 6340 ?? S 1:36PM 0:00.12 /opt/local/lib/mysql55/bin/mysqld --user=_mysql
root 54885 0.0 0.0 2479468 700 ?? Ss 1:36PM 0:00.00 /opt/local/bin/daemondo --label=mysql55-server --start-cmd /opt/local/lib/mysql55/bin/mysqld --user=_mysql ; --pid=exec
I've tried many variations of kill, targeting both mysql (which seems pointless) and daemondo, including (but not limited to) the following:
sudo kill -9 54888 // killing the mysql process results in a new pid
sudo kill 54885 // the doemondo process
sudo kill -SIGHUP 54885
sudo killall mysqld_safe
sudo kill -9 54822 // a reincarnation of the doemondo process
sudo mysqladmin shutdown

Answer 1

For centos or mint
/usr/bin# initctl
for ubuntu
pkill mysqld