[Bug 305107] Re: mysql refuses to start because a missing optional config dir
Henning Sprang
henning.sprang at gmail.com
Sat Dec 6 00:41:46 GMT 2008
** Summary changed:
- mysql refuses to start after security update
+ mysql refuses to start because a missing optional config dir
** Description changed:
+ root at xnote:~# lsb_release -rd
+ Description: Ubuntu 8.04
+ Release: 8.04
+
+ henning at xnote:~$ apt-cache policy mysql-server-5.0
+ mysql-server-5.0:
+ Installed: 5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.4
+ Candidate: 5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.4
+ Version table:
+ *** 5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.4 0
+ 500 file: hardy-security/main Packages
+ 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
+ 5.0.51a-3ubuntu5 0
+ 500 file: hardy/main Packages
+
+ Corecting name and adding the state of things at the beginning:
+
+ mysqld is not starting when /etc/mysql/conf.d is not empty, even though
+ it contains only optional information.
+
+ In conjunction with bug 305107 this leads to mysql failing to start
+ after a security upgrade from the default version in the normal apt
+ repository to the newest security update version.
+
+ More explanation below:
+
+
+ ---
+
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)
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mysql refuses to start because a missing (optional) config dir /etc/mysql/conf.d/
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/305107
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