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MySQL upgrade failure resolution on ubuntu
Find your debian-sys-maint password in /etc/mysql/debian.cnf.
Then login to mysql (mysql -u root) and execute
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'debian-sys-maint'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '<password>' WITH GRANT OPTION;
Replace <password> with your debian-sys-maint password.
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