Hello, Concerning: SET GLOBAL general_log_file='/path/to/general.log'; Some locations in the documentation suggests this can only be done by a super-user. https://mariadb.com/kb/en/general-query-log/ "A user with the SUPER privilege can disable logging to the general query log for a connection by setting the SQL_LOG_OFF system variable to 1." https://mariadb.com/kb/en/grant/#super SUPER: "Execute superuser statements: ..., SET global system variables,...." Q: Does setting the general_log_file, in fact, require super user privileges? Then, once the setting is made, and the task completed, the desire is to restore the setting back to what it was without having to know what it was. https://mariadb.com/kb/en/set/#global-session DEFAULT: "Setting a global variable to DEFAULT will restore it to the server default, and setting a session variable to DEFAULT will restore it to the current global value." Q: By "server default" is this {host_name}.log or is it the value set in my.cnf? Thank you.