Hi Joe, thanks for taking the time to file this bug report and help us
make Ubuntu better.
Unpacking mysql-server-5.1 (from
.../mysql-server-5.1_5.1.37-1ubuntu5.5_i386.deb) ...
Your account has expired; please contact your system administrator
chfn: PAM authentication failed
adduser: `/usr/bin/chfn -f MySQL Server mysql' returned error code 1. Exiting.
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/mysql-server-5.1_5.1.37-1ubuntu5.5_i386.deb (--unpack):
subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
This message suggests that there is a problem with the 'mysql' user. Is it
possible you already have a user called 'mysql' and that it has been disabled
in some way?
Try running
sudo passwd -S mysql
The fields are described as such in the man page of passwd:
-S, --status
Display account status information. The status information consists
of 7 fields. The first field is the users login name. The second field
indicates if the user
account has a locked password (L), has no password (NP), or has a
usable password (P). The third field gives the date of the last password
change. The next four
fields are the minimum age, maximum age, warning period, and
inactivity period for the password. These ages are expressed in days.
If the user's password hasn't been updated in a long time, you can try
manually updating it as root then re-running the configuration. If you
are sure the user owns no files on disk, you can also try deleting it
and letting the configuration re-create the user.
If any of this fails horribly, please paste the results here and let us
know.
Marking Incomplete pending response from Joe.
** Changed in: mysql-dfsg-5.1 (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Incomplete
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Title:
package mysql-server-5.1 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade:
subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
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