Bug #12809 server RPM fails to start because of install script
Submitted: 25 Aug 2005 15:41 Modified: 15 Sep 2005 19:19
Reporter: Harry Hoffman Email Updates:
Status: Closed Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server Severity:S1 (Critical)
Version:MySQL-server-standard-4.1.13-0.rhel3.i38 OS:Linux (RHAS-3)
Assigned to: Jim Winstead CPU Architecture:Any

[25 Aug 2005 15:41] Harry Hoffman 
Description:
install scripts within the rpm package attempt to add a user and group for mysql if that user/group does not already exist.
The groupadd program is called with an incorrect syntax. It is called like:
groupadd -r -c "MySQL server" mysql 2> /dev/null || true

This is no option for a comment field using the "-c" flag in RHAS-3

The proper syntax should be:
groupadd -r mysql 2> /dev/null || true

HTH,
Harry

How to repeat:
install the rpm
[14 Sep 2005 9:59] Sergei Golubchik 
Please do not submit the same bug more than once. An existing
bug report already describes this very problem. Even if you feel
that your issue is somewhat different, the resolution is likely
to be the same. Because of this, we hope you add your comments
to the original bug instead.

Thank you for your interest in MySQL.

Additional info:

duplicate of bug#12348
[15 Sep 2005 19:19] Paul DuBois 
No changelog entry needed. (Already documented
for Bug#12348)