I have just installed MariaDB on a 6.9 box and I was wondering whether adding a root password is needed? The root user can access the database without a password by default, but IMHO if the box gets compromised and someone reaches root access, adding a password to the database root user doesn't really seem that useful?
Also, MariaDB has been setup as per OpenBSD maintainer instructions with: # install -d -m 0711 -o _mysql -g _mysql /var/www/var/run/mysql And /etc/my.cnf: [client-server] socket = /var/www/var/run/mysql/mysql.soc The "mysql_secure_installation" script fails with: ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) Any feedback would be appriceated. Kind regards Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com/) Secure Email.
