Topic: Fresh install prob/fix - Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost'
==== REQUIRED BASIC INFO OF YOUR IREDMAIL SERVER ====
- iRedMail version (check /etc/iredmail-release): 0.9.8 MARIADB edition.
- Linux/BSD distribution name and version: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS
- Store mail accounts in which backend (LDAP/MySQL/PGSQL): MySQL
- Web server (Apache or Nginx): NGINX
- Manage mail accounts with iRedAdmin-Pro? N/A
- [IMPORTANT] Related original log or error message is required if you're experiencing an issue.
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Fresh install produces following message for all database interactions...
ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES)
Attempting the normal /usr/sbin/mysqld --skip-grant-tables --skip-networking start + password reset produces...
ERROR 1131 (42000): You are using MariaDB as an anonymous user and anonymous users are not allowed to modify user settings
dpkg-reconfigure mariadb-server-10.3 - also fails to correct problem.
Only solution was to completely deinstall all mariadb + mysql packages + manually reinstall (before bash iRedMail.sh) via...
apt-get install mariadb-server mariadb-client libmariadb-dev-compat
This provides clean install.
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