On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 2:01 AM deloptes <delop...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Keith Christian wrote:
> When installed in Debian it does not have password (AFAIR). It is sufficient > to execute "mysql -u root -p" and press ENTER to log in. You then change > the password. > Regarding --skip-grant-tables I used this just last week to reset a root > password for a customer. > It seems there are two different methods depending on what version you use. > Could be that you have something on the network side? From which host do you > log in? > So > mysql -u mediawiki -p -h localhost > is not working as well? > CREATE USER 'mediawiki'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'xxxxxxxxxxx'; > GRANT Select ,Insert ,Update ,Delete ,Create ,Drop , Index ,Alter ON > mediawiki.* TO 'mediawiki'@'localhost'; > flush privileges; Deloptes, I will try the login method and 'grant' as you suggest above. The database is on the same host, I should have mentioned that, and I see now that the setup for MariaDB has changed from when I last installed a mediawiki instance under Debian. Thanks for the info!
