diff --git a/sql/ha_innodb.cc b/sql/ha_innodb.cc
index 81a803e36b9..bcd07198f5c 100644
--- a/sql/ha_innodb.cc
+++ b/sql/ha_innodb.cc
@@ -4928,7 +4928,8 @@ ha_innobase::store_lock(
 	    (lock_type == TL_READ_HIGH_PRIORITY && thd->in_lock_tables) ||
 	    lock_type == TL_READ_WITH_SHARED_LOCKS ||
 	    lock_type == TL_READ_NO_INSERT ||
-	    thd->lex.sql_command != SQLCOM_SELECT) {
+	    (thd->lex.sql_command != SQLCOM_SELECT
+	     && lock_type != TL_IGNORE)) {
 
 		/* The OR cases above are in this order:
 		1) MySQL is doing LOCK TABLES ... READ LOCAL, or
diff --git a/support-files/mysql.spec.sh b/support-files/mysql.spec.sh
index ade774fb4e3..325ebdf2c01 100644
--- a/support-files/mysql.spec.sh
+++ b/support-files/mysql.spec.sh
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ fi
 
 # Create a MySQL user and group. Do not report any problems if it already
 # exists.
-groupadd -r -c "MySQL server" %{mysqld_user} 2> /dev/null || true
+groupadd -r %{mysqld_user} 2> /dev/null || true
 useradd -M -r -d $mysql_datadir -s /bin/bash -c "MySQL server" -g %{mysqld_user} %{mysqld_user} 2> /dev/null || true 
 
 # Change permissions so that the user that will run the MySQL daemon
@@ -562,6 +562,11 @@ fi
 # itself - note that they must be ordered by date (important when
 # merging BK trees)
 %changelog 
+* Thu Aug 04 2005 Lenz Grimmer <lenz@mysql.com>
+
+- Fixed the creation of the mysql user group account in the postinstall
+  section (BUG 12348)
+
 * Fri Jul 15 2005 Lenz Grimmer <lenz@mysql.com>
 
 - create a "mysql" user group and assign the mysql user account to that group