When updating from a fresh install of 5.2 where the first user has not been created (but the site has been installed yet) to 6 beta1 there will be no admin account on the system. To fix it I had to create a regular account and manually change its UID in the database to 1.

I was using the drupal 5.2 package in Debian Lenny which installs the site for you but leaves you to create the first user.

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Anonymous’s picture

Anonymous (not verified) commented
Priority: Normal » Minor

Workaround solution 1: Drop all tables from the DB. If you have no data then it doesn't hurt you and D.6 will install instead of upgrade.

Workaround solution 2: Create your first user in 5.2 before you upgrade to 6. The upgrade process expects to have user id 1 already.

I'm tempted to mark as ``won't fix'' but I'll leave that exercise to others.

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chx commented
Status: Active » Closed (won't fix)