cannot start mariadb after update
https://ask.fedoraproject.org/en/question/40736/mariadb-service-dont-start-permission-denied/ you have to give ownership permissions to the mysql user of the logging directory/location: do sudo chown mysql : mysql / var / log / mariadb - chR followed by sudo systemctl restart mariadb . service && sudo systemctl status mariadb . service https://ask.fedoraproject.org/en/question/40736/mariadb-service-dont-start-permission-denied/