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package mysql-server 5.1.30really5.0.75-0ubuntu10 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

Bug #383473 reported by Klaas van Schelven on 2009-06-04

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #153868: package mysql-server failed to install/upgrade - Access denied for user 'debian-sys-maint'@'localhost'. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	mysql-dfsg-5.0 (Ubuntu)	Incomplete	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Update Manager failed to upgrade mysql server for some reason.

Didn't look in to it really, just clicked the various "report" buttons that popped up.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ErrorMessage: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Package: mysql-server 5.1.30really5.0.75-0ubuntu10
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: mysql-dfsg-5.0
Title: package mysql-server 5.1.30really5.0.75-0ubuntu10 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686

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Klaas van Schelven (klaas-vanschelven) wrote on 2009-06-04:

Dependencies.txt Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (3.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Mathias Gug (mathiaz) wrote on 2009-06-04:

Relevant error messages:

Preparing to replace mysql-server 5.1.30really5.0.75-0ubuntu10 (using .../mysql-server_5.1.30really5.0.75-0ubuntu10.2_all.deb) ...
* Stopping MySQL database server mysqld
...fail!
invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "stop" failed.

Could you post the content of /var/log/daemon.log around the time of the upgrade to identify why mysqld has failed to be stopped?

Changed in mysql-dfsg-5.0 (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Incomplete

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Klaas van Schelven (klaas-vanschelven) wrote on 2009-06-04:

Jun 2 10:16:07 leopard mysqld_safe[2563]: started
Jun 2 10:16:07 leopard mysqld[2567]: 090602 10:16:07 InnoDB: Started; log sequence number 0 6231594
Jun 2 10:16:07 leopard mysqld[2567]: 090602 10:16:07 [Note] /usr/sbin/mysqld: ready for connections.
Jun 2 10:16:07 leopard mysqld[2567]: Version: '5.0.75-0ubuntu10' socket: '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' port: 3306 (Ubuntu)
Jun 2 10:16:08 leopard /etc/mysql/debian-start[2605]: Upgrading MySQL tables if necessary.
Jun 2 10:16:08 leopard /etc/mysql/debian-start[2611]: Looking for 'mysql' as: /usr/bin/mysql
Jun 2 10:16:08 leopard /etc/mysql/debian-start[2611]: Looking for 'mysqlcheck' as: /usr/bin/mysqlcheck
Jun 2 10:16:08 leopard /etc/mysql/debian-start[2611]: Running 'mysqlcheck'...
Jun 2 10:16:08 leopard /etc/mysql/debian-start[2611]: /usr/bin/mysqlcheck: Got error: 1045: Access denied for user 'debian-sys-maint'@'localhost' (using pas
sword: YES) when trying to connect
Jun 2 10:16:08 leopard /etc/mysql/debian-start[2611]: FATAL ERROR: Upgrade failed
Jun 2 10:16:08 leopard /etc/mysql/debian-start[2641]: Checking for insecure root accounts.

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Mathias Gug (mathiaz) wrote on 2009-06-04:

Relevant error message:

Jun 2 10:16:08 leopard /etc/mysql/debian-start[2611]: /usr/bin/mysqlcheck: Got error: 1045: Access denied for user 'debian-sys-maint'@'localhost' (using password: YES) when trying to connect

The debian-sys-maint user is required by the init script.