Not To Start MySql Automatically at Centos Startup

Question

i have "CentOS 6" VPS and i wanted to start mysql service automatically at Startup of Server when it is restarted. so i used this command in putty

chkconfig --level 345 mysqld on

this command is working and mysql starts on every startup automatically. BUT how can i now stop this? what if i want to start Mysql manually on every startup, then what command should i use? also what is the File where i can see the list of programs that are running automatically on every setup. Thanks

Answer 1

You can turn off auto-start with this command:

chkconfig --level 345 mysqld off    

To see what is configured for auto-start, you can run:

chkconfig --list

See more info on chkconfig here: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Deployment_Guide/s2-services-chkconfig.html