Description of problem: mga8 dev # systemctl status mysqld.service ● mysqld.service - MySQL database server Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/mysqld.service; disabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2019-12-19 10:52:14 CST; 53s ago Process: 24329 ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/mysqld-prepare-db-dir (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) # /usr/sbin/mysqld-prepare-db-dir Initializing MySQL database chown: cannot access '/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/auth_pam_tool_dir': No such file or directory Cannot change ownership of the '/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/auth_pam_tool_dir' directory to the 'mysql' user. Check that you have the necessary permissions and try again. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. systemctl start mysqld 2. systemctl status mysqld
Thank you for reporting this : a Cauldron issue. Assigning to Marc as the active committer for mariadb; CC'ing
CC: (none) => alienAssignee: bugsquad => mageia
Sorry, wrong click in the middle of doing this: CC alien as the registered maintainer.
Moved %{_libdir}/mysql/plugin/auth_pam_tool_dir/auth_pam_tool from mariadb-bench to mariadb. Please test with mariadb-10.4.11-2.mga8.
CC: (none) => jani.valimaa
thx Jani
Thank you all for your work with Mageia and the quick fix. mysqld service now starts correctly.
Resolution: (none) => FIXEDStatus: NEW => RESOLVED