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[Thomas Mashos <730437@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

wmqY0wC4 isn't the encrypted password, it's the plaintext password that
is generated upon install. I wonder why it wasn't set as the password
though.

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Title:
  mythtv password is encrypted, in  /etc/mythtv/mysql.txt, but mysql
  server wants a clear password

Status in “mythtv” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: mythtv

  A synaptic install of mythtv also installs mysql the password set during the install appears in 
  /etc/mythtv{mysql.txt,config.xml} as an encrypted password 
  mythbackend fails to connect to the database

  2011-03-06 19:04:03.125 New DB connection, total: 1
  2011-03-06 19:04:03.191 Unable to connect to database!
  2011-03-06 19:04:03.243 Driver error was [1/1045]:

  Setting the password to its unencrypted value in the above 2 files
  allows the database to be contacted.

  # diff config.xml config.xml_orig

  <         <DBPassword>mythtv</DBPassword>
  >         <DBPassword>wmqY0wC4</DBPassword>

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
  Package: mythtv 0.23.1+fixes26437-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-27.48-generic 2.6.35.11
  Uname: Linux 2.6.35-27-generic i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Mon Mar  7 15:12:33 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
  Installed_mythplugins-dbg: 0.0
  Installed_mythtv-dbg: 0.0
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.utf8
   SHELL=/usr/bin/tcsh
  SourcePackage: mythtv