Maria Rodriguez said on Tue, Apr 22, 2003 at 09:59:07AM -0700: > --- Oki DZ <okidz@pindad.com> wrote: > >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. > > Hmmm. Couldn't the init script just run 'kill mysqld' or something to that effect? The init script could, but the logrotate script can't. See /etc/logrotate.d/mysql-server. M
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