Package: tango-db Version: 8.1.2c+dfsg-3 Severity: normal If a normal user called tango exist, it is not possible to create the tango system user. so it is not possible to generate the .my.cnf undr /var/lib/tango.
the administrator system need to remove it before installing tango-db side effect, if this tango user was used to start devices a /tmp/omni-tango directory exist but with the wrong uid:gid. It is then impossible to start the services, the error message is not really clear dbconfig-common: flushing administrative password [FAIL] Starting Tango Control System - database: tango-db failed! login as tango user it gives tango@mordor:~$ /usr/lib/tango/DataBaseds 2 -ORBendPoint giop:tcp::10000 main(): arrived omniORB: Error: Unable to create an endpoint of this description: giop:unix: Received a CORBA::Exception INITIALIZE CORBA system exception: INITIALIZE_TransportError Exiting once the /tmp/omni-tango directory was purged the problem vanish -- System Information: Debian Release: jessie/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 3.12-1-486 Locale: LANG=fr_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages tango-db depends on: ii dbconfig-common 1.8.47+nmu1 ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.52 ii libc6 2.17-97 ii libcos4-1 4.1.6-2 ii libgcc1 1:4.8.2-14 ii liblog4tango5 8.1.2c+dfsg-4 ii libmysqlclient18 5.5.35+dfsg-1 ii libomniorb4-1 4.1.6-2 ii libomnithread3c2 4.1.6-2 ii libstdc++6 4.8.2-14 ii libtango-tools 8.1.2c+dfsg-3 ii libtango8 8.1.2c+dfsg-3 ii libzmq3 3.2.4+dfsg-4 ii lsb-base 4.1+Debian12 ii zlib1g 1:1.2.8.dfsg-1 Versions of packages tango-db recommends: ii mysql-client-5.5 [mysql-client] 5.5.35+dfsg-1 tango-db suggests no packages. -- debconf information: tango-db/install-error: abort tango-db/missing-db-package-error: abort tango-db/dbconfig-remove: tango-db/remove-error: abort tango-db/purge: false tango-db/remote/port: tango-db/mysql/admin-user: root tango-db/dbconfig-upgrade: true tango-db/remote/newhost: tango-db/passwords-do-not-match: tango-db/db/dbname: tango tango-db/dbconfig-reinstall: false tango-db/database-type: mysql tango-db/upgrade-error: abort tango-db/remote/host: tango-db/upgrade-backup: true tango-db/db/app-user: tango tango-db/internal/reconfiguring: false tango-db/internal/skip-preseed: false * tango-db/dbconfig-install: true tango-db/mysql/method: unix socket -- debian-science-maintainers mailing list debian-science-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/debian-science-maintainers
