Hello Olaf On 2006-06-10 Olaf wrote: > yes, it is 5.0.22-2. What I tried today: purge everything that is mysql > related. When finished, the user debian-sys-maint was deleted. I then > installed a fresh copy of mysql-server-5.0, now it refuses to start. No > wonder: the user debian-sys-maint still does not exist. I assumed that > it would automatically created by the preinstall scripts. Yes it's done by the postinst script and works fine here.
Can you do: export DEBIAN_SCRIPT_DEBUG=1 and then reinstall or at least do a "dpkg-reconfigure mysql-server-5.0" and save the output using script or similar? > How do I create this user manually as a workaround? What groups does it > belong to? The reconfigure does this. Oh and we're talking about a MySQL user not a UNIX system user, maybe that's a misunderstanding here, too, as you are asking for "groups". bye, -christian- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
