[debian-mysql] Bug#739970: Bug#739970: MYSQL-SERVER bug while installing. Debian wheezy newest mysql server

[Clint Byrum]

Excerpts from Evgeni Golov's message of 2014-03-01 07:55:09 -0800:
> Hi Ludwig,
> 
> shot hint: using the reportbug tool (https://wiki.debian.org/reportbug)
> helps Debian to gather relevant information about your system and
> makes it easier to solve bugs :)
> 
> On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 02:27:54PM +0100, Ludwig Jaffe wrote:
> > package: mysql-server
> > version: debian wheezy latest mysql-server
> 
> I guess you mean 5.5.35+dfsg-0+wheezy1? :)
> 
> > Problem:
> > mysql-server did not install correctly. Asked for root database
> > password, but was not able to set it. Retried a lot, purged whole mysql:
> > apt-get purge mysql-server, mysql-common, mysql-client, apt-get autoremove,
> > apt-get clean
> > .
> > Also removed
> > rm -rf /etc/mysql
> > rm -rf /var/lib/mysql
> > 
> > I had no war relevant databases here.
> > 
> > --
> > Now I reinstalled using apt-get install
> > mysql-server, mysql-common, mysql-client
> 
> In all those steps, did you also install/remove the mysql-*-5.5 packages?
> 
> > Also had problems with setting the root name of database.
> > Did it by hand mysqld -skip-auth-tables or the like using a howto on the
> > web.
> > Here it could not write to user.frm or name.frm or the like.
> > 
> > then I had SUCCESS:
> > 
> > I fixed the problem by changig the rights from root:root to see below.
> > (please check if the rights are too generous.)
> > The server is deployed in intranet and the users are inable to attack
> > the IT infrastructure, so the danger is low, though)
> 
> /var/lib/mysql and everything below are usually owned by mysql:mysql on
> a fresh install (this is done in the post-installation script of the
> mysql-server-5.5) package. The rights are set to 700.
> 
> Do you know what can have changed the rights on your machine?
> 

I believe this may be a duplicate of bug #737224 which is fixed in
unstable.