OK, neither OLD_PASSWORD nor PASSWORD didn't produce good results. My mysql.user for debian-sys-maint looks not like this:
mysql> select User, Password, Host from user where User like 'debian%'; +------------------+-------------------------------------------+------+ | User | Password | Host | +------------------+-------------------------------------------+------+ | debian-sys-maint | *DCE05059E58FA45F45A40420DF3F02D16D103E73 | % | +------------------+-------------------------------------------+------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) It still fails to start, but, if I run mysqld by hand, I can log in without problems using same password I did hash from. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/www/swatka$ mysql -p -u debian-sys-maint Enter password: Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection id is 9 Server version: 5.0.45-Debian_1ubuntu2-log Debian etch distribution Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer. I'm 99% sure now that there's a problem with upgrade scripts in package. -- MySQL server fails to upgrade in Gutsy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/153221 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
