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please help me!!!
im restarting the mysql server from putty:

Empty pid file /var/lib/mysql/mysqld.pid for /usr/sbin/mysqld

when i checked mysql status,
unused
running
unused
running

what's the problem??

im using putty in configuring mysql server

thanks in advance.

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Hello,

Depends on how you are trying to start mysql through putty. Normally I run the following command as root or with sudo:

service mysqld start

or you can run mysqladmin start -u root -ppassword

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