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-- Issue I have installed Webmin, mariadb, and phpmyadmin All the above is working I can create databases from Webmin and create databases from phpmyadmin and i can login to mysql root@server:~# mysql -u root ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO) root@server:~# mysql -u root -p Enter password: Welcome to the MariaDB monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MariaDB connection id is 5958 Server version: 10.11.3-MariaDB-1 Debian 12 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 [(none)]> But when i try root@server:~# systemctl stop mariadb.service root@server:~# systemctl restart mariadb.service root@server:~# systemctl status mariadb.service ● mariadb.service - MariaDB 10.11.3 database server Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/mariadb.service; enabled; preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Mon 2023-10-02 16:04:54 EEST; 17s ago Docs: man:mariadbd(8) https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/systemd/ Process: 153057 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/install -m 755 -o mysql -g root -d /var/run/mysqld (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 153058 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c systemctl unset-environment _WSREP_START_POSITION (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 153060 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c [ ! -e /usr/bin/galera_recovery ] && VAR= || VAR=`cd /usr/bin/..; /usr/bin/galera_recovery`; [ $? -eq 0 ] && s> Process: 153144 ExecStartPost=/bin/sh -c systemctl unset-environment _WSREP_START_POSITION (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 153146 ExecStartPost=/etc/mysql/debian-start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 153131 (mariadbd) Status: "Taking your SQL requests now..." Tasks: 14 (limit: 14299) Memory: 172.9M CPU: 744ms CGroup: /system.slice/mariadb.service └─153131 /usr/sbin/mariadbd Oct 02 16:04:53 server systemd[1]: Starting mariadb.service - MariaDB 10.11.3 database server... Oct 02 16:04:54 server systemd[1]: Started mariadb.service - MariaDB 10.11.3 database server. Oct 02 16:04:54 server /etc/mysql/debian-start[153151]: Reading datadir from the MariaDB server failed. Got the following error when executing th> Oct 02 16:04:54 server /etc/mysql/debian-start[153151]: ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO) Oct 02 16:04:54 server /etc/mysql/debian-start[153151]: FATAL ERROR: Upgrade failed Oct 02 16:04:54 server debian-start[153160]: ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO) I don't know if the problem is from systemctl or from mariadb or from phpmyadmin, I believe is systemctl because everything else seems is working Can you please advise me what to do? -- ppetros