MySQL Bugs: #43935: Error "Could not Apply Security Settings" when upgrade existent installation

Bug #43935	Error "Could not Apply Security Settings" when upgrade existent installation
Submitted:	29 Mar 2009 3:32	Modified:	30 Apr 2009 15:26
Reporter:	myron walters	Email Updates:
Status:	No Feedback	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Server: Config Wizard	Severity:	S4 (Feature request)
Version:	6.0	OS:	Other (WindowsXP)
Assigned to:	Assigned Account	CPU Architecture:	Any
Tags:	ERROR!!!!!!

Description:
Error 1045 Could not Apply Security Settings and my ports are open nothin blocken it plus this happened with 5.1 and 5.0 There all Bugged with this error pls fix it

How to repeat:
to repeat u just use standard config then mark box at bottom then use pass

This and similar issues has been reported several times before! I think starting from  around 1 year ago.

I tried to find other reports about same but no luck. I never managed to search here very well!

Basically it is not a big problem you are facing.  The server is installed and running.  Now just connect with any client as 'root'@'localhost' with an empty password and define users and passwords (what is the meaning of 'security settings' in this context).

That said, I do understand the low priority given to this by MySQL organisation. From a developer's perspective this may be insignificant, but from an unexperienced user's perspective it is a 'showstopper'. When such things happens for a new user first time he tries MySQL, he will probably run screaming away!

Peter
(not a MySQL person)

I meant of course:

I do *NOT* understand the low priority ...

Thank you for the report.

This is actually not a bug: you seems to be upgrading existent MySQL installation, so you have root with password. Please follow Peter's instructions to get new MySQL server working.

But as we have same problem reported early I verify it as feature request.

Possible fix: add dialog which allow enter password for existent root user, so installer could change security settings.

Thanks very much for this bug report.  Please add some additional information to help us understand where this problem might be happening.  

- What is the full name of the MySQL Server installation package that you're using?
- Is this a new install on a clean machine or are you upgrading from an old version?  If you're upgrading, please include the existing server version.
- What version of the MySQL Instance Config Wizard are you using? The version number should be displayed on the Welcome Dialog. The most recent version is 1.0.15.0 for all versions of MySQL Server.
- Is there any additional information on the Welcome Dialog? If the config wizard detects potential conflicts, it will report them here before you begin configuration.
- Does the HKLM\Software\MySQL AB\MySQL Server X.Y\FoundExistingDataDir registry key exist?  If so, what's the value?

This information will help us narrow down the list of possible causes of the error message you reported.

No feedback was provided for this bug for over a month, so it is
being suspended automatically. If you are able to provide the
information that was originally requested, please do so and change
the status of the bug back to "Open".