In news:9712041.post@talk.nabble.com,
satimis <satimis@yahoo.com> wrote:

> [root@server /]# mysqld_safe =E2=80=93skip-grant-tables &
> [1] 5119
> [root@server /]# Starting mysqld daemon with databases from
> /var/lib/mysql STOPPING server from pid file
> /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid 070328 19:39:12 mysqld ended

See the error log for details of why the server stopped. It is usually
located either in /var/log (or its subdirectories, such us /var/log/mysql)
or in mysql data directory, which in your case is /var/lib/mysql. The error
log filename pattern is 'something.err' (hostname.err, mysqld.err, etc.).
The mysqld_safe script should by executed with --skip-grant-tables option:

# mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables &

Maciek