[debian-mysql] Bug#571307: mysql-server: security update changes dabian-sys-maint access rights

[Erik Auerswald]

Package: mysql-server
Version: 5.0.51a-24+lenny3
Severity: important


We use the debian-sys-maint account for maintenance tasks, e.g. the daily
database backup. Therefore this MySQL user needs sufficient access rights,
which we have manually granted.

Installing a security update removes the additional access rights inhibiting
the database backup.

After each security fix we need to manually repair this. Automatic
installation of security fixes has become unthinkable, because it reliably
breaks our systems.

Best regards,
Erik Auerswald

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.4
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
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+lenny3 MySQL database server binaries

mysql-server recommends no packages.

mysql-server suggests no packages.

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