Package: mysql-server
Version: 4.0.24-10sarge1
Severity: important
I've already reported this. I installed mysql-server with aptitude. I
read /usr/share/doc/mysql-server/README.Debian:
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* PASSWORDS:
============
It is strongly recommended to set a password for the mysql root user
(which is NOT the same as the "normal" root user) with the command:
/usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'enter-your-good-new-password-here'
If you already had a password set add " -p " before "-u" to the line
above.
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(0) heretic [root] /root_ /usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root password
'_______'
/usr/bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
error: 'Access denied for user: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' (Using password:
YES)'
(1) heretic [root] /root_ /usr/bin/mysqladmin -p -u root password
'_______'
Enter password:
/usr/bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
error: 'Access denied for user: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' (Using password:
YES)'
Yes, I know there are hacks out there for fixing this. I'm sick and
tired of having to look them up. Shouldn't installing a program in
Debian produce a functional program?!? The hacks consist of shutting
down MySQL, starting it up insecurely, hammering in the root password,
then restarting MySQL. Can't we do better than this?
I have a ~root/.my.cnf listing the password I intend to use, and it is
chmod 600.
[client]
user = root
password = XXXXXXX
[mysql] = root
password = XXXXXXX
[mysqladmin] = root
password = XXXXXXX
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-3-686
Locale: LANG=en_CA, LC_CTYPE=en_CA (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Versions of packages mysql-server depends on:
ii adduser 3.63 Add and remove users and groups
ii debconf 1.4.30.13 Debian configuration management sy
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22sarge3 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libdbi-perl 1.46-6 Perl5 database interface by Tim Bu
ii libgcc1 1:3.4.3-13 GCC support library
ii libmysqlclient12 4.0.24-10sarge1 mysql database client library
ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.5-13 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libwrap0 7.6.dbs-8 Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii mailx 1:8.1.2-0.20040524cvs-4 A simple mail user agent
ii mysql-client 4.0.24-10sarge1 mysql database client binaries
ii mysql-common 4.0.24-10sarge1 mysql database common files (e.g.
ii passwd 1:4.0.3-31sarge5 change and administer password and
ii perl 5.8.4-8sarge4 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
ii psmisc 21.5-1 Utilities that use the proc filesy
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.2-4.sarge.2 compression library - runtime
-- debconf information:
mysql-server/nis_warning:
mysql-server/really_downgrade_from_41: false
mysql-server/mysql_update_hints1:
mysql-server/start_on_boot: true
mysql-server/postrm_remove_databases: false
* mysql-server/mysql_install_db_notes:
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