The documentation says to restart mysql, do this #/bin/mysqld_safe &

But when I do that, it says "A process already exists". Am I running it in the wrong place? What am I'm doing wrong? I'm running Fedora Core/CentOS.

I realize that I can run these commands:

# /etc/init.d/mysqld start

# /etc/init.d/mysqld stop

# /etc/init.d/mysqld restart

However, I want to restart using 'mysqld_safe &' because it restarts as a background process.

Any info is appreciated.