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

another way:service mysql start

* To stop mysql server:

/etc/init.d/mysql stop

another way:service mysql stop

* To restart mysql server

/etc/init.d/mysql restart

another way:service mysql restart