Disable MySQL startup in Ubuntu 10.04

Question

I want to prevent MySQL from starting in Ubuntu 10.04

I have used

update-rc.d -f mysql remove

and confirmed that there is no link to the /etc/inid.d/mysql script from any of the rc?.d directories.

I also ran sysv-rc-conf and it shows me that MySQL is NOT being called as part of the rc.d scripts.

It is still starting on boot. How do I disable it?

Solution

Ubuntu 10.04 has abandoned SysV init script approach to booting the system.

This link explains - http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/tutorials/7033/1/

To prevent mysql from starting on boot

• 1 go to the /etc/init directory
• 2. open the mysql.conf file
• 3. comment out the "start on" line near the top of the file, the "start on" might be spread across two lines, so comment out both

If you want to manually start mysql, use the following command -

  service mysql start

Comments

[bryan]

mysqld is running under the mysql user account

[bryan]

The link is fixed, and the answer is correct.

[A B]

/etc/init/ and /etc/init.d/ are NOT the same! I can't downvote this because I don't have the reputation, and I can't edit it because it's only a two-character change.

[dhulihan]

@alberge - I made the edit. Waiting on peer review.

[nh2]

Instead of modifying the original .conf file, better use override files: (as root)# echo "manual" >> /etc/init/mysql.override