Hi!

I tryed to install mysql 4.1 (not 5.x) in the new server (ubuntu 6.10). I uncomment the universe sources and it install well.

The problem is when I try to start mysql. I will put a few commands i tryed in this order.

Start:

./mysql start
Starting MySQL database server: mysqld...already running.
/usr/bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
error: 'Access denied for user 'debian-sys-maint'@'localhost' (using password: YES)'

stop:

./mysql stop
Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld...failed.
/usr/bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
error: 'Access denied for user 'debian-sys-maint'@'localhost' (using password: YES)'
Killing MySQL database server by signal: mysqld.

status:

./mysql status
MySQL is stopped.

and then start again...

./mysql start
Starting MySQL database server: mysqld.
Checking for crashed MySQL tables in the background.
/usr/bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
error: 'Access denied for user 'debian-sys-maint'@'localhost' (using password: YES)'
root@calvin:/etc/init.d# /usr/bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
error: 'Access denied for user 'debian-sys-maint'@'localhost' (using password: YES)'
send-mail: fatal: open /etc/postfix/main.cf: No such file or directory
Can't send mail: sendmail process failed with error code 1

are u root when doing this?

Yep, i'm root. But it's curious, because the mysql works perfect! only i get this messages, but the system works well.... very rare...

Regards