By dx486107
$ mysql_secure_installation
NOTE: RUNNING ALL PARTS OF THIS SCRIPT IS RECOMMENDED FOR ALL MariaDB SERVERS IN PRODUCTION USE! PLEASE READ EACH STEP CAREFULLY!
In order to log into MariaDB to secure it, we’ll need the current password for the root user. If you’ve just installed MariaDB, and you haven’t set the root password yet, the password will be blank, so you should just press enter here.
Enter current password for root (enter for none): ERROR 1698 (28000): Access denied for user ‘root’@‘localhost’
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Hi @dx486107
Like it says in the note, if you just installed MariaDB yourself manually, then there is no password and you can just press enter.
EDIT: Also note that root via SSH has nothing to do with root via MariaDB.
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