The debian-sys-maint mysql user no longer has the mysql permissions to run extended-status, so using --defaults-extra-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf wont work for these plugins.
If you create a /root/.my.cnf with: [client] user = root password = yourpassword (be sure to make this file ONLY have 600 permissions), then using --defaults-extra-file=/root/.my.cnf will work Micah -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

