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[Serge Hallyn <1099088@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This appears to be happening because of the " in the password.  It is
only a problem with debconf - I can use " (well, \") jsut fine using
mysqladmin -h localhost -u root -p password 46937HE.\"$/ZIawxRFH294


** Changed in: mysql-5.5 (Ubuntu)
   Importance: High => Medium

** Changed in: mysql-5.5 (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

** Also affects: debconf (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: mysql-5.5 (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: Serge Hallyn (serge-hallyn) => (unassigned)

** Information type changed from Private to Public

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Title:
  debconf failed to set mysql5-5 root passphrase

Status in “debconf” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “mysql-5.5” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  On installing mysql5-5 server with Software-Center debconf ask for the
  root passphrase.

  I give a very long with many special characters to it.

  Unfortunally debconf failed with the massage:

  "
  Unable to set password for the MYSQL "root" user

  An error occurred while setting the password for the MySQL
  administrative user. This may have happened because the account
  already has a password, or because of a communication problem with the
  MySQL server.

  You should check the account's password after the package
  installation.

  Please read the /usr/share/doc/mysql-server-5.5/README.Debian file for
  more information.

  "

  In the case that there is interest of handling this ticket I can give
  the pasword for reproducing purposes if the ticket can be handeld and
  keep as private.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: debconf 1.5.46ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-22.34-generic 3.5.7.2
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-22-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu9
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sun Jan 13 12:24:14 2013
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/debconf-communicate
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-01-12 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5)
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/perl
  MarkForUpload: True
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no username)
   LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
  SourcePackage: debconf
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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