Comments - Replacing MySQL on Centos 6 that is also running Plesk?
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IIRC, the RPM packages don't prompt you to update or change the MariaDB/MySQL root user password during installs and upgrades.
The DEB packages do, but the DEB packages also have a special database upgrade user that is created during the initial install for doing just this sort of thing (changing the MariaDB root user password).