*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 447538 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/447538
** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 447538
Problem with file permissions when reinstalling
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** Changed in: mysql-dfsg-5.0 (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete = Confirmed
** Changed in: mysql-dfsg-5.0 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided = Low
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old_passwords.cnf: No such file or directory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/330982
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Thank you Mathias for quick reply. I did a simple sudo apt-get install
mysql-server (there is no X on the server machine, so no GUI package
manager). I am sure that it didn't prompt me for the password for the
first time I tried this (maybe somebody uninstalled mysql-server earlier
without purging
Okay, fix proposed by http://ohioloco.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=626443
worked. It was necessary to purge mysql-common (if you have a package which
depends on mysql-common then just sudo dpkg --purge --force-depends
mysql-common; sudo apt-get install -f . In my case, it was proftpd).
How
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
Ubuntu better. You should be prompted for a password when installing
mysql-server the first time. How were you installing mysql-server
package?
** Changed in: mysql-dfsg-5.0 (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Incomplete
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