#1070196 opendmarc: Reconfiguring opendmarc does not provide a running mysql server

Package:
opendmarc
Source:
opendmarc
Description:
Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance (DMARC) milter
Submitter:
freek
Date:
2024-05-01 16:54:04 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1070196#5
Date:
2024-05-01 16:50:38 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,


   * What led up to the situation?
   Installation of opendmarc using:
   DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -yqq opendmarc
   Executing:
   dkpg-reconfigure opendmarc
   Reinstall database for opendmarc? Answer: Yes
   Connection method for MySQL database of opendmarc: Chosen: TCP/IP
   Host name of the MySQL database server for opendmarc: Chosen: localhost
   Port number for the MySQL service: Default: 3306
   Authentication plugin for MySQL database: Chosen: default
   MySQL database name for opendmarc: Chosen: opendmarc
   MySQL username for opendmarc: Chosen: opendmarc@localhost
   MySQL application password for opendmarc: Entered password (hidden)
   Password confirmation: Entered same password
   Name of the database's administrative user: Left to be root
   Password of the database's administrative user: Above password entered
   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?
     Output was:
     An error occurred while installing the database:
     ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local server through socket '/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2) .
   Followed by a choice. Tried several but resulted never in an active mysql server
   * What was the outcome of this action?
   See above
   * What outcome did you expect instead?
   A running mysql server with a socket or active port 3306.