Schlagwort-Archive: database

Root login on debian mariadb

Debian switched to mariadb by default. On a new installation you can login to your mysql database as root just by executing the mysql command without a password.

root@host:~# mysql
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Your MariaDB connection id is 56339
Server version: 10.1.26-MariaDB-0+deb9u1 Debian 9.1

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MariaDB [(none)]>

This is or can be a nice security feature. Connecting as root is only allowed by the root system user through the mysql unix socket. On the other hand you may have some software which needs the root user to access the database server. In this case you need to tweak some user settings.

First, set a password.

MariaDB [(none)]> update mysql.user set password=password(‚geheim‘) where user=’root‘;
MariaDB [(none)]> flush privileges;

Next, change the connection type.

MariaDB [(none)]> update mysql.user set plugin=“ where user=’root‘;
MariaDB [(none)]> flush privileges;

Downside seems to be the init process and autostart procedure. If you set a password for the root account, you need to add it to your /etc/mysql/debian.cnf in cleartext. Maybe you might want to consider this. Better choice would be to create a second privileged user.