On 05/08/2017 11:06 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
I then did apt-get install mariadb-client mariadb-server As user I (reasonably) see: richard@stretch-2nd:~$ mariadb ERROR 1698 (28000): Access denied for user 'richard'@'localhost' As root I see: root@stretch-2nd:/home/richard# mariadb Welcome to the MariaDB monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MariaDB connection id is 10 Server version: 10.1.22-MariaDB- Debian 9.0
I have no experience with this database, but you may wish to check /etc/group and see if there is a mariadb group to add your user to. When trouble shooting with a shotgun, you're bound to get lucky. Ric
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