[Bug 236528] [NEW] Update of "mysql-server_5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.1_all.deb" failed

[smarti_j]

Public bug reported:

My system is Ubuntu 8.04

The error occured when updating mysql with synaptic today. The full error message was 
E: /var/cache/apt/archives/mysql-server_5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.1_all.deb: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
E: /var/cache/apt/archives/mysql-server-5.0_5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.1_i386.deb: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1

So I tried to stop mysql server manually with
sudo /etc/init.d/mysql stop

which returned the following error message
/usr/bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
error: 'Access denied for user 'debian-sys-maint'@'localhost' (using password: YES)'

Seems that there is a problem wirth the "debian-sys-maint" user.

Last week I did a restore of all my mysql databases (including mysql
database) with MySQL Administrator which was backuped on an other
machine. So probably this is the reason for the trouble I have now.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Jun  1 15:28:23 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Package: mysql-server-5.0 5.0.51a-3ubuntu5
PackageArchitecture: i386
SourcePackage: mysql-dfsg-5.0
Title: package mysql-server-5.0 5.0.51a-3ubuntu5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-16-generic i686

** Affects: mysql-dfsg-5.0 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-package

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Update of "mysql-server_5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.1_all.deb" failed
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