[Bug 305107] [NEW] mysql refuses to start after security update

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I just did a security upgrade for my Hardy system, and after the reboot,
mysql refuses to start!

Errors already appear at system start, here the output of the command
when I try to start the server manually after system start(errors are
the same):

/etc/init.d/mysql restart
open: Permission denied
 * Stopping MySQL database server mysqld                                        /usr/sbin/mysqld: Can't read dir of '/etc/mysql/conf.d/' (Errcode: 2)
Fatal error in defaults handling. Program aborted
/usr/sbin/mysqld: Can't read dir of '/etc/mysql/conf.d/' (Errcode: 2)
Fatal error in defaults handling. Program aborted
open: Permission denied
                                                                         [ OK ]
/usr/sbin/mysqld: Can't read dir of '/etc/mysql/conf.d/' (Errcode: 2)
Fatal error in defaults handling. Program aborted
open: Permission denied
 * Starting MySQL database server mysqld                                        /usr/sbin/mysqld: Can't read dir of '/etc/mysql/conf.d/' (Errcode: 2)
Fatal error in defaults handling. Program aborted
/usr/sbin/mysqld: Can't read dir of '/etc/mysql/conf.d/' (Errcode: 2)
Fatal error in defaults handling. Program aborted
/usr/sbin/mysqld: Can't read dir of '/etc/mysql/conf.d/' (Errcode: 2)
Fatal error in defaults handling. Program aborted
/usr/sbin/mysqld: Can't read dir of '/etc/mysql/conf.d/' (Errcode: 2)
Fatal error in defaults handling. Program aborted
/usr/sbin/mysqld: Can't read dir of '/etc/mysql/conf.d/' (Errcode: 2)
Fatal error in defaults handling. Program aborted
/usr/sbin/mysqld: Can't read dir of '/etc/mysql/conf.d/' (Errcode: 2)
Fatal error in defaults handling. Program aborted
/usr/sbin/mysqld: Can't read dir of '/etc/mysql/conf.d/' (Errcode: 2)
Fatal error in defaults handling. Program aborted
/usr/sbin/mysqld: Can't read dir of '/etc/mysql/conf.d/' (Errcode: 2)
Fatal error in defaults handling. Program aborted
/usr/sbin/mysqld: Can't read dir of '/etc/mysql/conf.d/' (Errcode: 2)
Fatal error in defaults handling. Program aborted
/usr/sbin/mysqld: Can't read dir of '/etc/mysql/conf.d/' (Errcode: 2)
Fatal error in defaults handling. Program aborted
/usr/sbin/mysqld: Can't read dir of '/etc/mysql/conf.d/' (Errcode: 2)
Fatal error in defaults handling. Program aborted
/usr/sbin/mysqld: Can't read dir of '/etc/mysql/conf.d/' (Errcode: 2)
Fatal error in defaults handling. Program aborted
/usr/sbin/mysqld: Can't read dir of '/etc/mysql/conf.d/' (Errcode: 2)
Fatal error in defaults handling. Program aborted
/usr/sbin/mysqld: Can't read dir of '/etc/mysql/conf.d/' (Errcode: 2)
Fatal error in defaults handling. Program aborted
/usr/sbin/mysqld: Can't read dir of '/etc/mysql/conf.d/' (Errcode: 2)
Fatal error in defaults handling. Program aborted
/usr/sbin/mysqld: Can't read dir of '/etc/mysql/conf.d/' (Errcode: 2)
Fatal error in defaults handling. Program aborted
open: Permission denied
                                                                         [fail]


root at xnote:~# lsb_release -rd
Description:	Ubuntu 8.04
Release:	8.04


root at xnote:~# dpkg -l mysql*
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-f/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/t-aWait/T-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name                              Version                           Description
+++-=================================-=================================-==================================================================================
ii  mysql-admin                       5.0~rc12-2ubuntu1                 GUI tool for intuitive MySQL administration
un  mysql-admin-common                <none>                            (no description available)
ii  mysql-client                      5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.4                MySQL database client (meta package depending on the latest version)
un  mysql-client-4.1                  <none>                            (no description available)
ii  mysql-client-5.0                  5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.4                MySQL database client binaries
ii  mysql-common                      5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.4                MySQL database common files
un  mysql-community-client-5.0        <none>                            (no description available)
un  mysql-community-server-5.0        <none>                            (no description available)
un  mysql-doc-5.0                     <none>                            (no description available)
un  mysql-enterprise-client-5.0       <none>                            (no description available)
un  mysql-enterprise-server-5.0       <none>                            (no description available)
un  mysql-gpl-client                  <none>                            (no description available)
ii  mysql-gui-tools-common            5.0~rc12-2ubuntu1                 Architecture independent files for MySQL GUI Tools
un  mysql-navigator                   <none>                            (no description available)
un  mysql-proxy                       <none>                            (no description available)
ii  mysql-query-browser               5.0~rc12-2ubuntu1                 Official GUI tool to query MySQL database
un  mysql-query-browser-common        <none>                            (no description available)
ii  mysql-server                      5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.4                MySQL database server (meta package depending on the latest version)
un  mysql-server-4.1                  <none>                            (no description available)
ii  mysql-server-5.0                  5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.4                MySQL database server binaries
un  mysqltcl                          <none>                            (no description available)

** Affects: mysql-dfsg-5.0 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Incomplete

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mysql refuses to start after security update
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