I've found a sneaky workaround so the IP-address matches work: cat /etc/mysql/mariadb.conf.d/51-disable-reverse-dns.cnf [mysqld] skip-name-resolve
# su tj $ mysql --protocol=TCP -u root -p Enter password: Welcome to the MariaDB monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MariaDB connection id is 33 Server version: 10.0.23-MariaDB-2 Ubuntu 16.04 Copyright (c) 2000, 2015, Oracle, MariaDB Corporation Ab and others. Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement. MariaDB [(none)]> -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1561062 Title: Password not required for mysql root user (MariaDB) even when set To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mariadb-10.0/+bug/1561062/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
