Ubuntu
mysql-dfsg-5.1 package

  1. Bug #153868
  2. Comment #29

Comment 29 for bug 153868

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Dave Nelson (dave-nelson) wrote : Re: package mysql-server-5.0 5.0.45-1ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade - Access denied for user 'debian-sys-maint'@'localhost'

I had this issue, but it did not concern the debian-sys-maint credentials. In my case I had defined a non-standard socket location in my /etc/mysql/my.cnf, and the socket location in /etc/mysql/debian.cnf was different. Therefore the server could not be stopped nor started during upgrade.

I don't know the significance of "debian.cnf" -- I didn't create it. Where did it come from, and for what is it used? It seems like a fairly fundamental problem that conflicts between these two files could make my entire system un-upgradeable.