starting a service at boot time
 

Hi all,
i need to start mysql deamon at boot time so that i dont need to start it manually.. can any body help.. thanks in advance

regards
Asad

the method to do this varies between distros...

what distro are you using??

In most distros you can type at the command line
ntsysv

A utility will show up with a list of services that can be started at boot-up , scroll down the list and select / deselect the required service by pressing the space bar , then press Tab to select OK and then exit.

i am using Red Hat 9

try using something like this:

chkconfig mysql on

yup as win32sux said you can use the chkconfig utility from the command line interface or if you are using th desktop you can run redhat-config-services to get a nice little gui. I prefer chkconfig as well but linux is all about options so I figured I'd throw this one out too.