Hi, Erik Auerswald wrote: > Package: mysql-server > Version: 5.0.51a-24+lenny3 > Severity: important > (not downgrading since I'm not the maintainer; One thinks it should be 'wishlist' instead) > 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. > Hmmm... it is called *debian*-sys-maint for a reason. > Installing a security update removes the additional access rights inhibiting > the database backup. > If the rights are enough for both mysql-server's and dbcommon-depending packages, it isn't a bug. Or is it ? > After each security fix we need to manually repair this. Automatic > installation of security fixes has become unthinkable, because it reliably > breaks our systems. > My suggestion is to create another, dedicated, user for this purpose. One can direct mysql tools to use another my.cnf / another user to authenticate as.
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