9114http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=9114VerifiedServer: Generalmysqld_safe should react on signals (patch)A kill -15 or kill -9 to mysqld_safe is currently ignored. But it would be so simple to enable it as Erich Schubert <erich@debian.org> just proved me. Just change the traps to: trap '/usr/bin/mysqladmin --defaults-extra-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf refresh' 1 # HUP ... and add "& wait" to the daemon line. Of course the exact file locations vary. Here debian.cnf contains the name and password for a special user that has the shutdown right. See: http://bugs.debian.org/2083641674411105005441153654483allAnyAnyS4 (Feature request)