Hi all,

mysql db has been starting in safe mode for 12 hours. I don't know if I
should stop it or if I do, what will happen. I'm hoping one of you can
help.

Here's how I got into this mess:
After a operating system change (CentOS 5 to CentOS 6), my Python script
could no longer connect with mysql database. Others are connecting with
PHP using the same credentials as I am. So, following a comment on this
page:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8484722/access-denied-for-user-rootlocalhost-while-attempting-to-grant-privileges

I tried
/usr/bin/mysql_upgrade -u root -p (password)

This failed, so I tried to stop, restart in safe mode, and do the upgrade,
as suggested on this page:

http://blog.philippklaus.de/2011/02/solved-mysql_upgrade-failes-due-to-1045-access-denied/

However, it's been 12 hours now and the thing is still restarting in safe
mode and I can't tell if it's making progress. The command I typed was

/usr/bin/mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables&


I think I forgot to include the ampersand (&) at the end which would have
made it run in the background.

So now I'm seeing output like this the following:
-------
....
0-7f5f68388000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
7f5f68388000-7f5f6838900140820 08:35:01 mysqld_safe Number of processes
running now: 0
140820 08:35:01 mysqld_safe mysqld restarted
--------

It always says Number of processes running now is 0.
And it always has the number 140820 on that last line.

Should I stop this? If so how? If I let it go, is it going to take
another 2-3 days to restart in regular mode? Does anything have any
alternative suggestions for my original credentials access problem?

Thank you in advance for any help you can give,
Auguri