Package: mariadb-server Version: 10.1.24-6 Severity: important Dear Maintainer,
*** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where appropriate *** * What led up to the situation? Package install (previously installed mysql package did not start, and dpkg was reporting the reinstall is needed. On reinstall apt-get reported that package could not be downloaded so I've installed mariadb) * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or ineffective)? Lokked at status service mariadb status mariadb.service - MariaDB database server Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/mariadb.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2017-07-01 11:15:25 EDT; 2h 22min ago Process: 8305 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/install -m 755 -o mysql -g root -d /var/run/mysqld (code=exited, status=237/KEYRING) Jul 01 11:15:25 as514 systemd[1]: Starting MariaDB database server... Jul 01 11:15:25 as514 systemd[8305]: mariadb.service: Failed at step KEYRING spawning /usr/bin/install: Permission denied Jul 01 11:15:25 as514 systemd[1]: mariadb.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=237 Jul 01 11:15:25 as514 systemd[1]: Failed to start MariaDB database server. Jul 01 11:15:25 as514 systemd[1]: mariadb.service: Unit entered failed state. Jul 01 11:15:25 as514 systemd[1]: mariadb.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. as root I've executed /usr/bin/install -m 755 -o mysql -g root -d /var/run/mysqld It executed without error As work arround for now I run it with mysqld_safe * What was the outcome of this action? * What outcome did you expect instead? *** End of the template - remove these template lines *** -- System Information: Debian Release: buster/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-042stab123.8 (SMP w/8 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968), LANGUAGE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages mariadb-server depends on: ii mariadb-server-10.1 10.1.24-6 mariadb-server recommends no packages. mariadb-server suggests no packages. -- no debconf information Debian is running in OpenVZ container