Each distribution comes with a shell script (read as service) to restart / stop / start MySQL server. First login as root user and open shell prompt (command prompt).
First login as root user. Now type the following command as per your Linux distro:
A) If you are using mysql on RedHat Linux (Fedora Core/Cent OS) then use following command:
* To start mysql server:
/etc/init.d/mysqld start
* To stop mysql server:
/etc/init.d/mysqld stop
* To restart mysql server
/etc/init.d/mysqld restart
Tip: Redhat Linux also supports service command, which can be use to start, restart, stop any service:
# service mysqld start # service mysqld stop # service mysqld restart
(B) If you are using mysql on Debian / Ubuntu Linux then use following command:
* To start mysql server:
/etc/init.d/mysql start
* To stop mysql server:
/etc/init.d/mysql stop
* To restart mysql server
/etc/init.d/mysql restart