On 26.11.2017 15:57, Rainer Dorsch wrote: > mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed > error: 'Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO)' > error: error running shared postrotate script for '/var/log/mysql/mysql.log / > var/log/mysql/mysql-slow.log /var/log/mysql/mariadb-slow.log /var/log/mysql/ > error.log '
did you have manual changes in /etc/logrotate.d/mysql-server or /etc/mysql/debian.cnf? in the last file you will find the credentials for the user debian-sys-maint who is used for maintenance tasks. i'm surprised that in the error message above the root user is used. best regards Ulf