Recently had some issues with a fresh MariaDB install. After installation I was unable to create a new user. After testing a few things I realized I also had issues changing the root password. I eventually was hit with the error message: ERROR 1372 (HY000): Password hash should be a 41-digit hexadecimal number After numerous searches the most common answer lead me to try the following: SET old_passwords = 0; After that failed I eventually gave up with MariaDB, uninstalled…