Hi Ludwig, shot hint: using the reportbug tool (https://wiki.debian.org/reportbug) helps Debian to gather relevant information about your system and makes it easier to solve bugs :)
On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 02:27:54PM +0100, Ludwig Jaffe wrote: > package: mysql-server > version: debian wheezy latest mysql-server I guess you mean 5.5.35+dfsg-0+wheezy1? :) > Problem: > mysql-server did not install correctly. Asked for root database > password, but was not able to set it. Retried a lot, purged whole mysql: > apt-get purge mysql-server, mysql-common, mysql-client, apt-get autoremove, > apt-get clean > . > Also removed > rm -rf /etc/mysql > rm -rf /var/lib/mysql > > I had no war relevant databases here. > > -- > Now I reinstalled using apt-get install > mysql-server, mysql-common, mysql-client In all those steps, did you also install/remove the mysql-*-5.5 packages? > Also had problems with setting the root name of database. > Did it by hand mysqld -skip-auth-tables or the like using a howto on the > web. > Here it could not write to user.frm or name.frm or the like. > > then I had SUCCESS: > > I fixed the problem by changig the rights from root:root to see below. > (please check if the rights are too generous.) > The server is deployed in intranet and the users are inable to attack > the IT infrastructure, so the danger is low, though) /var/lib/mysql and everything below are usually owned by mysql:mysql on a fresh install (this is done in the post-installation script of the mysql-server-5.5) package. The rights are set to 700. Do you know what can have changed the rights on your machine? > I am looking forward to see a fixed mysql-server debian package. > > And BTW: THANKS FOR DEBIAN! KEEP UP DOING ALL THE GOOD WORK! :) Regards Evgeni -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
