Ubuntu
mysql-dfsg-5.0 package

  1. Bug #153868
  2. Comment #31

Comment 31 for bug 153868

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Sebastian Geiger (lanoxx) wrote :

maybe the script could somehow check if the password in /etc/mysql/debian.cnf is still the same as in the mysql database, or if that doesnt work, then try to login as root and prompt the user for a password? After all this bug has been in existance now for two years and keeps surfacing all the time?

Also the pre-removal script could give a more descriptive error such as: login with "debian-sys-maint" failed, check credentials.

Oh, bug #501655 seems to be a duplicate.
Cheers Lanoxx