[debian-mysql] Bug#545741: mysql-server: no root user

[denny]

Package: mysql-server
Version: 5.0.51a-24+lenny2
Severity: important

test on a clean vps install.
aptitude install mysql-server mysql-client
(then skip/enter password for root. whichever...)
then:
#mysql -uroot -p123
ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES)

#/etc/init.d/mysql stop
#mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables &
#mysql -uroot mysql
mysql> SELECT Host, User FROM mysql.user;

only debian-sys-maint on the user list.
no root user!



-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.3
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.18.8-xenU (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages mysql-server depends on:
ii  mysql-server-5.0       5.0.51a-24+lenny2 MySQL database server binaries

mysql-server recommends no packages.

mysql-server suggests no packages.

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