[debian-mysql] Bug#545751: mysql-server-5.1: /etc/mysql/debian.cnf unreadable

[Hector Oron]

Hello,

I got bitten by this bug. While debugging startup script
(/etc/init.d/mysql), it tries to read /etc/mysql/debian.cnf but this
file is rw------- owned by root:root, causing following error:

++ /usr/bin/mysqladmin --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf ping
+ ping_output='/usr/bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at
'\''localhost'\'' failed
error: '\''Can'\''t connect to local MySQL server through socket
'\''/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock'\'' (2)'\''
Check that mysqld is running and that the socket:
'\''/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock'\'' exists!'

I also need to have 'lo' loopback network interface up and a
resolvable localhost domain :-)

Well, at least doing a chmod a+r to debian.cnf fixed my problem which
it is unsafe for multiuser computers.

I hope this helps to find a proper fix to this issue.

Kind regards,
-- 
 Héctor Orón

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