Public bug reported: Running linuxmint 18, had trouble installating mysql-server. After a fair amount of frustration, I dug around, found a temp file that had a command in it to change my root password, my password was there (in plain text), and had a clear problem with the apostrophe in the password. It looked something like this:
SET PASSWORD FOR 'root'@'localhost' = PASSWORD('YouWeren'tExpectingThis'); I didn't save the file, did successfully install MySQL with a password without the single quote, and I'm not going to undo that all just to give a better bug report. I'm sure your programmers won't have any trouble tracking this down. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: mysql-server-5.7 5.7.12-0ubuntu1.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-28.47-generic 4.4.13 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-28-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: X-Cinnamon Date: Mon Jul 4 22:36:34 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-07-02 (2 days ago) InstallationMedia: Linux Mint 18 "Sarah" - Release amd64 20160628 Logs.var.log.daemon.log: MySQLConf.etc.mysql.conf.d.mysql.cnf: [mysql] MySQLConf.etc.mysql.conf.d.mysqldump.cnf: [mysqldump] quick quote-names max_allowed_packet = 16M MySQLConf.etc.mysql.mysql.conf.d.mysqld_safe_syslog.cnf: [mysqld_safe] syslog MySQLVarLibDirListing: False ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: mysql-5.7 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: mysql-5.7 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug sarah -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1598992 Title: MySQL Server installation freezes if root password contains a single quote (apostrophe) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.7/+bug/1598992/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs