After assisting a user on IRC that hit this we found some useful resources and pointers to potential workarounds/fixes:
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/expired-password-handling.html https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/mysqladmin.html http://code.openark.org/blog/mysql/recovering-a-mysql-root-password-the- fourth-solution -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1605490 Title: mysql-server-5.7.postinst fails with "mysql_upgrade: Got error: 1862: Your password has expired. To log in you must change it using a client that supports expired passwords. while connecting to the MySQL server" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.7/+bug/1605490/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
