mysqld and udev

[Jerry Lundström]

Jeff Hodges wrote:
> Ok, I just noticed something about udev and mysql.  If their initscripts
> are run from a terminal, their process is attached to that login. This
> is /bad/ IMHO
> 
> root at gecko ~ # /etc/init.d/mysqld restart
> Killing mysqld with pid 9495
> Wait for mysqld to exit\c
> .\c
> 040617 20:35:13  mysqld ended
> 
>  done
> root at gecko ~ # Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql
> 
> root at gecko ~ # /etc/init.d/udev restart
> Removing udev device nodes: [  OK  ]
> Creating initial udev device nodes:[  OK  ]
> 
> root at gecko ~ # ps
>   PID TTY          TIME CMD
>   837 pts/12   00:00:00 bash
>  3148 pts/12   00:00:00 udevd
>  9517 pts/12   00:00:00 mysqld_safe
>  9548 pts/12   00:00:00 ps

That has been the case with the mysqld startup script for as long as I 
can remeber even knowing about mysql. We use the supplies init.d script.

If your up to it, fix it =)

A daemon starting script like debian has would be nice...