'Access denied' to jdbc:mariadb socket connection in DBeaver. OK from shell.

I’ve got MariaDB 10.2.12 installed on linux.

It’s set up for socket access,

	ls -al /var/run/mariadb/mariadb.sock
		srwxrwxrwx 1 mysql mysql 0 Jan  6 12:19 /var/run/mariadb/mariadb.sock=

Via shell, socket connection works perfectly,

	mysql -h localhost -u root -D mysql
		Reading table information for completion of table and column names
		You can turn off this feature to get a quicker startup with -A

		Welcome to the MariaDB monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
		Your MariaDB connection id is 1371
		Server version: 10.2.12-MariaDB-log Source distribution

		Copyright (c) 2000, 2017, Oracle, MariaDB Corporation Ab and others.

		Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.

		MariaDB [mysql]>

I’m trying to get a socket connection to it using DBeaver 4.3.2 GUI.

I’ve got JDK 1.8 installed

	java -version
		OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea 3.6.0) (build 1.8.0_151-b12 suse-281.2-x86_64)
		OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.151-b12, mixed mode)

I grabbed latest MariaDB Connector-j,

	ls -al /root/.dbeaver-drivers/maven/maven-central/org.mariadb.jdbc/mariadb-java-client-2.2.1.jar
		-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 553K Dec 22 03:48 /root/.dbeaver-drivers/maven/maven-central/org.mariadb.jdbc/mariadb-java-client-2.2.1.jar

In Dbeaver, I have a DB connection defined:

	@Database connection settings ->
		Server Host: localhost
		Port: 3306
		Database: mysql
		User name: root
		Password: xxxxxxxx

		Local Client: /usr/local/mariadb
		Driver Name: MariaDB

	@Database connection settings -> Edit Driver Settings
		Driver Name: MariaDB Driver       Type: MySQL
		ClassName: org.mariadb.jdbc.Driver
		URL Template: jdbc:mariadb://localhost:3306/mysql?socket=/var/run/mariadb/mariadb.sock
		DefaultPort: 3306       [ ] Embedded

		Libraries
			/root/.dbeaver-drivers/maven/maven-central/org.mariadb.jdbc/mariadb-java-client-2.2.1.jar

But when I try to access the connection, I just get:

	"Could not connect: Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost'"

What am I missing in my DBeaver config?

[catalin560]

its 2020, I’m on linux mint, dbeaver community version 7 and this bullshit is still unresolved even by trying the stuff above… why the frickin hell do I have to go through debugging this stuff right after installing mariadb???

[ahenry2]

After a little digging, it’s not

localSocket = true

It’s

localSocket = /var/lib/mariadb/mariadb.sock

fyi

https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/about-mariadb-connector-j/

localSocket
	Permits connecting to the database via Unix domain socket, if the server allows it.The value is the path of Unix domain socket (i.e "socket" database parameter : select @@socket) .since 1.1.4

Once that’s changed, I get a connection.