debian-sys-maint password is unnecessary attack surface

Bug #1554032 reported by Robie Basak
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mysql-5.6 (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Low
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Bug Description

Now that we have auth_socket, we should stop using passwords for debian-sys-maint and use auth_socket authentication instead. Then there is no secret for an attacker to guess.

Robie Basak (racb)
Changed in mysql-5.6 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
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