major/MySQLTuner-perl

On Debian, latest version ask administrative login - previous versions did it automatically "using credentials from Debian maintenance account"

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#896 opened on Apr 14, 2026

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Description

Current mysqltuner ask for administrative login on Debian:

# ./mysqltuner.pl
 >>  MySQLTuner 2.8.41
         * Jean-Marie Renouard <jmrenouard@gmail.com>
         * Major Hayden <major@mhtx.net>
 >>  Bug reports, feature requests, and downloads at http://mysqltuner.pl/
 >>  Run with '--help' for additional options and output filtering

ℹ  Skipped version check for MySQLTuner script
ℹ  Using mysql to check login
Please enter your MySQL administrative login:

Previous versions (here it is 2.7.0 example) got it automatically "using credentials from Debian maintenance account":

# ./mysqltuner.pl
 >>  MySQLTuner 2.7.0
         * Jean-Marie Renouard <jmrenouard@gmail.com>
         * Major Hayden <major@mhtx.net>
 >>  Bug reports, feature requests, and downloads at http://mysqltuner.pl/
 >>  Run with '--help' for additional options and output filtering

ℹ  Skipped version check for MySQLTuner script
✔  Logged in using credentials from Debian maintenance account.
✔  Operating on 64-bit architecture

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Research direction
Investigate the change in version 2.8.41 that removed automatic credential detection for Debian maintenance account; check the code that handles MySQL login and Debian maintenance credentials.
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PerlMySQLDebian
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