hi, i have somewat d same problem described above, but more specfically :
i want to install moodle and that requires mysql server. so i gave: sudo apt-get install mysql-server which worked fine. but i cant access it! i tried: mysql -u root it says : access denied, how do i proceed? help somebody1 -- package mysql-server-5.0 5.0.45-1ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade - Access denied for user 'debian-sys-maint'@'localhost' https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/153868 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs