On Mon, Apr 21, 2003 at 06:26:20PM -0700, Maria Rodriguez wrote: > I see... So there must be some admin user listed in debian.cnf (or > debian.cnf HAS TO exist?) Yes, according to the scripts. > I too am sure there's a reason for that > user, but I'd just like to know the exact reason -- whether it's for > upgrade purposes or ??? My hunch says so; during an upgrade, the db server has to be shutdown first before installing the newer package. Oki