Bug 244541
| Summary: | mysql-server only removes mysql user but not group in %postuninstall | ||
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| Product: | [Fedora] Fedora | Reporter: | Till Maas <opensource> |
| Component: | mysql | Assignee: | Tom Lane <tgl> |
| Status: | CLOSED DUPLICATE | QA Contact: | |
| Severity: | high | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | low | ||
| Version: | 6 | CC: | byte, hhorak |
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| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
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| Last Closed: | 2007-06-17 02:58:50 UTC | Type: | --- |
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I mean %postuninstall instead of %post in my first comment. Sorry, it is late here :-/ |
Description of problem: The %post removes the user mysql when the package is uninstalled: postuninstall scriptlet (using /bin/sh): [...] if [ $1 = 0 ] ; then userdel mysql >/dev/null 2>&1 || : fi but at install time the group mysql is created, too: preinstall scriptlet (using /bin/sh): /usr/sbin/useradd -M -o -r -d /var/lib/mysql -s /bin/bash \ -c "MySQL Server" -u 27 mysql > /dev/null 2>&1 || : So when one removes mysql-server, the group mysql is left behind and the useradd silently fails. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 5.0.27-1.fc6 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. install mysql-server 2. uninstall mysql-server 3. install mysql-server Actual results: the user mysql is not there. Expected results: the user mysql should be created at install time of mysql-server or the user should be somehow warned, that there is a problem. (Other than "Using root instead of mysql, see additionial info) Additional info: When I installed mysql-server on CentOS 5 after removing it, the following warning appeared: Installing: mysql-server ######################## [3/4]warning: user mysql does not exist - using root So maybe this is also a security issue, I did not investigate further due to a lack of time. In addition, this seems to be a problem in RHEL, too.