Scenario: Linux-2.2.18/glibc-2.2/mysql-3.23.30-gamma Setup: 2 Servers, 10.1.2.3 and 10.1.2.4, actual clients are routed to only one of the systems. This setup allows for automated failover. from my.cnf of 10.1.2.3 log-bin server-id = 3 master-host = 10.1.2.4 master-port = 330 master-user = replicate master-password = <obfuscated> from my.cnf of 10.1.2.4 log-bin server-id = 4 master-host = 10.1.2.3 master-port = 330 master-user = replicate master-password = <obfuscated> On 10.1.2.4 as user with grant privilege do the following: grant usage on *.* to ast@'%' identified by 'geheim1'; Everything is ok, ast now may connect to either 10.1.2.3 or 10.1.2.4. On 10.1.2.4 then do the following: mysql -uast -pgeheim1 Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection id is 341 to server version: 3.23.30-gamma-log Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer mysql> set password=password('123'); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec) mysql> \q Bye mysqld on 10.1.2.3 does crash immediately. When trying to restart the daemon the following happens: env MYSQL_UNIX_PORT=/var/mysql/socket MYSQL_TCP_PORT=330 \ > /usr/local/mysql/libexec/mysqld \ > --basedir=/usr/local/mysql --datadir=/var/lib/mysql \ > --pid-file=/var/mysql/mysqld.pid --enable-locking \ > --log-slow-queries --log=/dev/null --skip-show-database \ > --skip-name-resolve --user=mysql /usr/local/mysql/libexec/mysqld: ready for connections 010117 12:33:15 Slave: connected to master '[EMAIL PROTECTED]:330', replicati on started in log 'pollux-bin.002' at position 3085 mysqld got signal 11; The manual section 'Debugging a MySQL server' tells you how to use a stack trace and/or the core file to produce a readable backtrace that may help in finding out why mysqld died Attemping backtrace. You can use the following information to find out where mysqld died. If you see no messages after this, something went terribly wrong frame pointer (ebp) is NULL, did you compile with -fomit-frame-pointer? Aborting backtrace Well, yes, I did compile optimized :-( CFLAGS=-O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-loops -fexpensive-optimizations -fschedule-insns2 -mwide-multiply -march=pentiumpro -mcpu=pentiumpro -malign-loops=2 -malign-jumps=2 -malign-functions=4 CXXFLAGS=-O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-loops -fexpensive-optimizations -fschedule-insns2 -mwide-multiply -march=pentiumpro -mcpu=pentiumpro -malign-loops=2 -malign-jumps=2 -malign-functions=4 The only way to clear the problem seems to remove all binlogs+binlog index+master.info and start over again. This is a severe problem as any authenticated user may use 'set password' to change his or her password. Note: modifying the mysql.user table on one system and then doing a 'flush privileges;' on both systems (the flush command is not replicated) works fine. The general setup of the two servers involved is for automatic failover in case of a system crash (proven working the hard way...). Thus a one way replication scheme is not useable in this case. Andreas Steinmetz D.O.M. Datenverarbeitung GmbH --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php