[Bug 305107] Re: mysql refuses to start after security update

[Henning Sprang]

On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 5:32 PM, Mathias Gug <mathiaz at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 04, 2008 at 04:02:35PM -0000, Henning Sprang wrote:
>> * check if the is a directory /etc/mysql/conf.d - it should NOT be
>> there - if it is there, the error will not be reproducable, and this
>> directory has been deleted from my system for some strange reason
>
> Are you able to start mysql-server if you re-create /etc/mysql/conf.d/
> as an empty directory?

yes, see my second post :)

Strange, I installed the mysql-server-5.0 package in a hardy live cd,
but here, the directory /etc/mysql/conf.d is created and it contains
the file old_passwirds.conf. I have no idea how this file could be
removed from my system.

Still, a daemon should definitely not fail to start because a
directory that contains optional, additional configs is not there.

I'm checkin further to find out
* whether maybe even the package install script itself is responsible
for removing the file/directory
* whether previous versions of the mysql package also are unable to
start when the directory is missing.

and get back with more info...

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mysql refuses to start after security update
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