package: mysql-server-5.0
version: 5.0.32-7etch6
severity: minor
tags: patch
Hello
Am Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:31:48 +0200
schrieb "Reuss, Walter, Springer DE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hello Christian,
>
> please ignore my previous email.
>
> The errorneous behaviour comes from my understanding how the debian.cnf file
> is read during upgrades.
>
> I had the automatically generated debian-sys-maint information, that is made
> up during the first installation commented out as follows:
>
> user = debian-sys-maint
> #password = p8WbpFpRSvwtA8H3
> password = <password manually set>
> socket = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
> basedir = /usr
>
> I then use and set the password of the master also on the slaves.
>
> The upgrade script seems to still take the "old password", but in the form
> "#p8WbpFpRSvwtA8H3" then.
I forward this to our bug tracking system nevertheless, maybe the
mysql-server-5.0.postinst
script can be adjusted from:
pass="`sed -n 's/password *= *// p' $dc | head -n 1`"
to
pass="`sed -n 's/^password *= *// p' $dc | head -n 1`"
bye,
-christian-
> I assumed it would be skipped!
>
> Kind regards
>
> Walter
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Reuss, Walter, Springer DE
> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 4:56 PM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: mysql-server updates
>
> Hi Christian,
>
> Everytime the mysql-server package is updated, the password for the
> "debian-sys-maint" user is changed. As I have a replication scenario here,
> using a copy of the database on several slaves, this password is out of sync
> on all the machines after updating the master server.
>
> I would like to know if there is a possibilty to skip this password change
> during updating, or if it would be possible to add it in future versions of
> the package as it is usual for other packages to ask prior to overwriting
> configuration settings.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Walter
>
>
>
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