Hello, A new question has been asked in "MariaDB Community" by xav795. Please answer it at http://mariadb.com/kb/en/server-do-not-permit-root-to-log-in/ as the person asking the question may not be subscribed to the mailing list. -------------------------------- Hi I am trying to start the db with mysqld command the server is getting ready for connections but i cant log in with root because access is denied. I tried to start the server with the skip-grant-access options, and i saw that root does not exist in mysql.USER table. I have many error message when the server starts : 2016-04-27 01:24:11 b7074740 InnoDB: Operating system error number 2 in a file operation. InnoDB: The error means the system cannot find the path specified. InnoDB: If you are installing InnoDB, remember that you must create InnoDB: directories yourself, InnoDB does not create them. 160427 1:24:11 [ERROR] InnoDB: Could not find a valid tablespace file for 'mysql/gtid_slave_pos'. See http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/innodb-troubleshooting-datadict.html for how to resolve the issue. 160427 1:24:11 [ERROR] InnoDB: Tablespace open failed for '"mysql"."gtid_slave_pos"', ignored. 2016-04-27 01:24:11 b7074740 InnoDB: Operating system error number 2 in a file operation. InnoDB: The error means the system cannot find the path specified. InnoDB: If you are installing InnoDB, remember that you must create InnoDB: directories yourself, InnoDB does not create them. 160427 1:24:11 [ERROR] InnoDB: Could not find a valid tablespace file for 'mysql/innodb_index_stats'. See http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/innodb-troubleshooting-datadict.html for how to resolve the issue. 160427 1:24:11 [ERROR] InnoDB: Tablespace open failed for '"mysql"."innodb_index_stats"', ignored. 160427 1:24:11 [Note] InnoDB: 128 rollback segment(s) are active. 160427 1:24:11 [Note] InnoDB: Waiting for purge to start 160427 1:24:12 [Note] InnoDB: Percona XtraDB (http://www.percona.com) 5.6.28-76.1 started; log sequence number 1729734 handlersocket: initialized 160427 1:24:12 server_audit: MariaDB Audit Plugin version 1.4.0 STARTED. 160427 1:24:12 [ERROR] Missing system table mysql.proxies_priv; please run mysql_upgrade to create it 160427 1:24:12 [Warning] Failed to load slave replication state from table mysql.gtid_slave_pos: 1146: Table 'mysql.gtid_slave_pos' doesn't exist Does anybody no what to do with this informations? Regards Xavier -------------------------------- To view or answer this question please visit: http://mariadb.com/kb/en/server-do-not-permit-root-to-log-in/