Am 05.12.20 um 15:35 schrieb Alexander Farber: > Hello fellow CentOS users! > > I have installed CentOS 8.2.2004 with the following packages: > > mysql-common-8.0.21-1.module_el8.2.0+493+63b41e36.x86_64 > mysql-8.0.21-1.module_el8.2.0+493+63b41e36.x86_64 > mysql-errmsg-8.0.21-1.module_el8.2.0+493+63b41e36.x86_64 > mysql-server-8.0.21-1.module_el8.2.0+493+63b41e36.x86_64 > > Then I have run mysql_secure_installation and among other things set the > root password for MySQL > > As result I am greeted with the following anachron mail every morning: > > /etc/cron.daily/logrotate: > > mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed > error: 'Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO)' > error: error running non-shared postrotate script for > /var/log/mysql/mysqld.log of '/var/log/mysql/mysqld.log ' > > I understand that the reason is me having set the root password for MySQL. > > But my question is how to provide the password to postrotate without > disclosing it too much? > > Other than that the MySQL works well, I use it to host 3 Wordpress websites > at my CentOS 8 Linux server (haproxy -> Jetty x 3 -> FastCGI -> php-fpm -> > Wordpress -> MySQL) > > Greetings from Germany > Alex Hallo Alex, take a look into /etc/logrotate.d/mysqld -- Leon