Hello, Thank you for your bug report. I tested it for a fresh openSUSE Leap 42.3 installation but I cannot reproduce this problem: # ls -lah /var/lib/mysql total 0 drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Aug 18 2017 . drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 750 Aug 18 2017 .. # rcmysql start # ls -lah /var/lib/mysql total 109M drwxr-xr-x 1 mysql root 268 Mar 9 17:13 . drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 750 Aug 18 2017 .. -rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 16K Mar 9 17:13 aria_log.00000001 -rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 52 Mar 9 17:13 aria_log_control -rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 5 Mar 9 17:13 germ70.pid -rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 48M Mar 9 17:13 ib_logfile0 -rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 48M Mar 9 17:13 ib_logfile1 -rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 12M Mar 9 17:13 ibdata1 -rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 0 Mar 9 17:13 multi-master.info drwx------ 1 mysql root 2.6K Mar 9 17:13 mysql -rw------- 1 root root 4 Mar 9 17:13 mysql_upgrade_info drwx------ 1 mysql mysql 3.3K Mar 9 17:13 performance_schema drwx------ 1 mysql root 0 Mar 9 17:13 test # mysql Welcome to the MariaDB monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MariaDB connection id is 4 Server version: 10.0.33-MariaDB SLE 12 SP1 package (...) --- Can you please provide me with exact steps how to reproduce it along with mariadb error log and systemd log that capture the failure? Do you use any non-standard setting/configuration? Thanks!