Using `nohup` to Import MySQL Dump on Debian Server

sudo probably asks for a password and nohup disconnects the process from the controlling terminal. Use that instead:

sudo sh -c 'nohup mysql -hlocalhost -P3306 -uxxxxxx -pxxxxxx < /var/lib/mysql/backups/dump.sql &'

I 'may' have solved this by leaving out the &, and then running nohup . . ., then pressing ctrl-z, then exiting from putty.

So far the MySQL connection appears to be still running

First, switch to root with

sudo -i

Then,

nohup sh -c 'mysql -hlocalhost -P3306 -uxxxxxx -pxxxxxx < /var/lib/mysql/backups/dump.sql' &

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