MySQL plist file creating unmanaged launchd jobs on boot

[conradwt (Conrad Taylor)]

I'm using Mac OS 10.5.7 and launchd plist script for MySQL Server 5.0.81 appears to be creating unmanaged jobs. For example, the

sudo launchctl list | grep mysql

137 - 0x10b050.mysqld 137 - 0x10a2a0.mysqld

Note: The above are anonymous jobs on Mac OS 10.5.7 that

cannot be unloaded.

However, there's no way to manage these jobs because there's no associated plist file to unload them. At this time, the process is running:

ps ax | grep mysql

98 ?? S 0:00.02 /bin/sh ./bin/mysqld_safe --datadir=/usr/local/mysql/data --pid-file=/usr/local/mysql/data/darnoc-desktop.local.pid

137 ?? S 0:01.06 /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld --basedir=/usr/local/mysql --datadir=/usr/local/mysql/data --user=mysql --pid-file=/usr/local/mysql/data/darnoc-desktop.local.pid

Thus, Damien Sorresso recommends the following:

add a "-launchd" flag to the startup options