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Selecting the LAMP Server task in tasksel installs Linux (Ubuntu), Apache2, MySQL and PHP5. By design. Leaving the root MySQL password blank does not somehow uninstall MySQL. It just installs it in a less secure way. To install Apache2 and PHP5 without also installing MySQL, install just the basic Ubuntu server, then reboot, log in, and issue the command sudo apt-get install apache2 php5 When installing MySQL it is *necessary* to prompt the user for a root MySQL password, not doing so would be insecure. While there could be a separate task in tasksel just for an "Apache2 plus PHP5" install, to me that seems somewhat unnecessary and it would make using tasksel (primarily intended for quick initial server setup) more complex (some people would probably then become confused by the two "web-server-related" choices and pick the "wrong" one for their needs, etc.). If you are a more experienced Ubuntu server installer, and need a fully customized unattended installation, perhaps one you will repeat on many servers, then you may be interested in using pre-seeding to avoid all the installer prompts. See Appendix B of the Ubuntu Installation Guide for more information on that: https://help.ubuntu.com/9.10/installation- guide/i386/appendix-preseed.html Given the above, I feel this bug is invalid and so am setting its status to Invalid. If you feel there really is a clear case to be made for needing an additional tasksel task for "Apache2 and PHP5", go ahead and make that case and set it back to New. ** Changed in: mysql-dfsg-5.1 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid ** Tags added: tasksel -- Server install with LAMP asks three times for MySQL password https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/495213 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
