Comments on: How to Install MariaDB Database in Debian 10

By: Kurt Fitzner

Kurt Fitzner — Fri, 09 Apr 2021 03:16:07 +0000

It’s not recommended to set a root password. When you set a root password, you are actually introducing a second way to log in. By default, the system’s root user can log in to MariaDB as root using Unix sockets without further authentication.

This means that the database’s root user is as secure as the system’s root user is. This is necessary to retain, or else Debian’s apt can’t update the database when MariaDB updates are applied. When you put a password on the root user, it doesn’t disable Unix socket access to the root user, it just adds password authentication as ANOTHER login method. This means any user on your system can try and hack into the database’s root user. It is more secure to leave the root account without a password.

By: Ravi Saive

Ravi Saive — Mon, 19 Aug 2019 06:24:09 +0000

In reply to Arun Chandel.

@Arun,

May I know what error you getting after running the command? Could you share the output of the command here, so that we can help you out..

By: Arun Chandel

Arun Chandel — Sat, 10 Aug 2019 13:31:16 +0000

MariaDB is installed but it showing error after running systemctl status mariadb command. But mysql command is working. Why so?