Thanks, that could very well be it: [erik@Erik-PC ~]$ mysql bacula -u bacula -p Enter password: ERROR 1044 (42000): Access denied for user ''@'localhost' to database 'bacula' [erik@Erik-PC ~]$
But then: [erik@Erik-PC ~]$ mysql bacula -u root -p Enter password: Reading table information for completion of table and column names You can turn off this feature to get a quicker startup with -A Welcome to the MariaDB monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MariaDB connection id is 194 Server version: 10.3.20-MariaDB MariaDB Server Copyright (c) 2000, 2018, Oracle, MariaDB Corporation Ab and others. Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement. MariaDB [bacula]> show databases; +--------------------+ | Database | +--------------------+ | bacula | | information_schema | | mysql | | performance_schema | | test | +--------------------+ 5 rows in set (0.001 sec) MariaDB [bacula]> quit; Bye [erik@Erik-PC ~]$ So it doesn't like user bacula. How can I change it to accept user bacula? -- Erik P. Olsen - Copenhagen, Denmark Fedora 30/64 bit Linux xfce Claws-Mail POP3 Gramps 5.1.1 Bacula 9.4.4 On 2019-12-16 at 15:34:56 Alf Normann Klausen wrote: > Dear Eric, > > In your email of 7th of December I can see this output: > > Dec 7 11:04:00 Erik-PC bacula-dir[1196]: bacula-dir: dird.c:1234-0 > mysql.c:268 Unable > to connect to MySQL server. Dec 7 11:04:00 Erik-PC bacula-dir[1196]: > Database=bacula > User=bacula Dec 7 11:04:00 Erik-PC bacula-dir[1196]: MySQL connect failed > either > server not running or your authorization is incorrect. > > > Is this why your bacula-dir fails? > > > Regards, Alf > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users