Package: mysql-server Version: 5.1.49-3 Severity: normal I have the same issue. First permissions were first badly set for /tmp. But after fix of the permissions, purge and reinstall the package, the root mysql user is not created.
lysithea:/# ls -l total 84 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 30 mars 23:44 bin drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 27 juin 12:06 boot drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 2700 11 déc. 2010 dev drwxr-xr-x 82 root root 4096 25 août 10:26 etc drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 22 août 12:39 home lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 30 11 déc. 2010 initrd.img -> boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-amd64 drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 12288 24 août 19:53 lib lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 11 déc. 2010 lib64 -> /lib drwx------ 2 root root 16384 11 déc. 2010 lost+found drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 9 févr. 2009 media drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 4 déc. 2008 mnt drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 9 févr. 2009 opt dr-xr-xr-x 116 root root 0 11 déc. 2010 proc drwx------ 7 root root 4096 25 août 10:27 root drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 27 juin 12:05 sbin drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 16 sept. 2008 selinux drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 24 août 19:56 srv drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 0 11 déc. 2010 sys drwxrwxrwt 7 root root 4096 25 août 10:35 tmp drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 9 févr. 2009 usr drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4096 11 déc. 2010 var lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 11 déc. 2010 vmlinuz -> boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-amd64 lysithea:/# /etc/init.d/mysql stop Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld. lysithea:/# /usr/bin/mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables & [1] 31724 lysithea:/# 110825 10:49:51 mysqld_safe Logging to syslog. 110825 10:49:51 mysqld_safe Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql lysithea:/# mysql --user=root mysql Reading table information for completion of table and column names You can turn off this feature to get a quicker startup with -A Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection id is 1 Server version: 5.1.49-3 (Debian) Copyright (c) 2000, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are welcome to modify and redistribute it under the GPL v2 license Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement. mysql> select Host, User from user; +-----------+------------------+ | Host | User | +-----------+------------------+ | localhost | debian-sys-maint | +-----------+------------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) -- System Information: Debian Release: 6.0.2 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages mysql-server depends on: ii mysql-server-5.1 5.1.49-3 MySQL database server binaries and mysql-server recommends no packages. mysql-server suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org