Actually, the systemctl command is: systemctl start mysql.service from the "systemctl show" output it looks like this actually calls the /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysql file for start/stop/reload, which seems backwards. It appears that mariadb is trying to be a total drop-in replacement to mysql, so all the paths/files, etc., e.g., in the ps output, are "mysql" not "mariadb" -- so it's tricky to have them both installed. By the way, you can use things like: systemctl list-units (and likely more efficient approaches) to find the systemctl command > naming. By gum! That seems to have done it!! Thank you very much for those tips! [root at nfsdb1 ~]# systemctl list-units | grep -i mysql mysql.service loaded active running LSB: start and stop MySQL [root at nfsdb1 ~]# systemctl start mysql.service [root at nfsdb1 ~]# lsof -i :3306 COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME mysqld 839 mysql 16u IPv6 15270 0t0 TCP *:mysql (LISTEN) And then I just ran mysql_secure_install and now I can log into the DB! Thanks so much for the help! The CentOS list rocks!! Tim On Sun, May 10, 2015 at 5:11 PM, Richard <lists-centos at listmail.innovate.net > wrote: > > > ------------ Original Message ------------ > > Date: Sunday, May 10, 2015 01:20:34 PM -0700 > > From: John R Pierce <pierce at hogranch.com> > > > > On 5/10/2015 1:04 PM, Earl A Ramirez wrote: > >> Did a little Googling [0] and I saw that they recommend starting > >> it as follows: > >> > >> /etc/init.d/mysql start > > > > which is old school sysVinit style. > > > > my guess is, you'll need to fix up a systemd service description > > file, like /usr/lib/systemd/system/mariadb.service > > Actually, the systemctl command is: > > systemctl start mysql.service > > from the "systemctl show" output it looks like this actually calls > the /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysql file for start/stop/reload, which seems > backwards. > > It appears that mariadb is trying to be a total drop-in replacement > to mysql, so all the paths/files, etc., e.g., in the ps output, are > "mysql" not "mariadb" -- so it's tricky to have them both installed. > > By the way, you can use things like: > > systemctl list-units > > (and likely more efficient approaches) to find the systemctl command > naming. > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- GPG me!! gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys F186197B