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DogsofJune

DogsofJune

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This has appeared recently. It seems to suggest MariaDB issue, but that isn't installed. At least I can find no trace of it being installed.

This pops up, I click OK, it brings up the background, the error pops up again, disappears, background cycles again, then all is fine.

It's annoying. System in sig..... the only one I have left now.

Sorry about the pic, the system is currently hooked to a crap tv temporarily.
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Check /var/lib for /mysql subfolder. If it's there and it has content, something or someone has installed mysql or mariadb on your computer. Could be malicious, could be some program that happens to need a database and didn't like sqlite after the recent security findings.
 
jiminator said:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1162881/error-found-when-loading-etc-profile-and-mysql/1162892
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Nice, and they have about the same crummy pic.


I was hesitant to try that fix, don't ask me why, I think I was stuck on the MySQL error on my linux box, and then finding no trace of what the error pointed to.

Nobody has access to the system but me. It's been in storage till recently. I did updates, it was booted and shut down a few times, then this herpes showed itself. Glaringly and defiant, like a cold sore on a hot chick.
I had thought that at one time either Plex or Emby utilized MariaDB, but I can't for the life of me remember if I imagined that or not
 
DogsofJune said:
Nice, and they have about the same crummy pic.


I was hesitant to try that fix, don't ask me why, I think I was stuck on the MySQL error on my linux box, and then finding no trace of what the error pointed to.

Nobody has access to the system but me. It's been in storage till recently. I did updates, it was booted and shut down a few times, then this herpes showed itself. Glaringly and defiant, like a cold sore on a hot chick.
I had thought that at one time either Plex or Emby utilized MariaDB, but I can't for the life of me remember if I imagined that or not
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The fix of changing access permissions on these items is fairly benign given your usage. I'd put it in the "worth a try" category. However, I don't know why some process of PAM against mariadb/mysql would be enabled in this way to start with. Interesting error.
Since it looks like it occurs when loading /etc/profile, could you see where it's trying to find the auth_pam_tool_dir plugin and glean what it's trying to do?
There should be nothing >you< specific in /etc/profile if you wanted to review it and put it in pastebin or whatnot.
 
Well the fix posted above has remedied the removal of the error, at least once I understood it was a lib DIR, not lib64. I'm still scratching my head as to why this needed fixed. All that was really done was getting online updates. I can only assume, it was some security update that created this event.

I snooped around a bit and see that under the /var/lib/ subfolder, Nextcloud has a folder. Under mysql there. I see stuff, I'm not sure what.

I still have a lot to learn on how Linux works
 
Run 'apt list --installed |grep maria' and see if you find mariadb or mysql installed. Probably you will.
The /var/lib/mysql contains the mysql databases and log files in the files that you see that can be created by either Oracle mysql or mariadb.

If I were you I would check what's inside the database and Google up what created them. You can log in the database without password if you're root.
 
Actually now that I read better, you said Nextcloud folder was there? And you have Nextcloud installed? So apparently Nextcloud stores some filesystem catalog or perhaps even files in mysql...
 
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