steps that allowed me to successfully install mariadb-server - put the following contents into the mariadb service unit file #+BEGIN_SRC [Service] PrivateDevices=false NoNewPrivileges=false
#+END_SRC - install mariadb-server example: ozzloy:~/ $ sudo systemctl edit mariadb.service ozzloy:~/ $ cat /etc/systemd/system/mariadb.service.d/override.conf [Service] PrivateDevices=false NoNewPrivileges=false ozzloy:~/ $ sudo apt-get install -y mariadb-server * summary of actions - attempted mariadb-server install fails without override.conf - uninstall mariadb-server-10.1 - add mariadb systemd configuration - clean install mariadb-server with override.conf in place ahead of time * full output of terminal, broken into sections ################################################## ################################################## ** attempted mariadb-server install fails without override.conf ozzloy:~/ $ sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/mariadb.service.d/override.conf ozzloy:~/ $ sudo apt-get install -y mariadb-server [16:11:46] Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following additional packages will be installed: galera-3 mariadb-server-10.1 mariadb-server-core-10.1 socat Suggested packages: mariadb-test netcat-openbsd tinyca The following NEW packages will be installed: galera-3 mariadb-server mariadb-server-10.1 mariadb-server-core-10.1 socat 0 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/11.8 MB of archives. After this operation, 109 MB of additional disk space will be used. Preconfiguring packages ... Selecting previously unselected package galera-3. (Reading database ... 228172 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../galera-3_25.3.19-2_amd64.deb ... Unpacking galera-3 (25.3.19-2) ... Selecting previously unselected package mariadb-server-core-10.1. Preparing to unpack .../mariadb-server-core-10.1_10.1.23-9+deb9u1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking mariadb-server-core-10.1 (10.1.23-9+deb9u1) ... Selecting previously unselected package socat. Preparing to unpack .../socat_1.7.3.1-2+b1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking socat (1.7.3.1-2+b1) ... Selecting previously unselected package mariadb-server-10.1. Preparing to unpack .../mariadb-server-10.1_10.1.23-9+deb9u1_amd64.deb ... /var/lib/mysql: found previous version 10.1 Unpacking mariadb-server-10.1 (10.1.23-9+deb9u1) ... Selecting previously unselected package mariadb-server. Preparing to unpack .../mariadb-server_10.1.23-9+deb9u1_all.deb ... Unpacking mariadb-server (10.1.23-9+deb9u1) ... Setting up mariadb-server-core-10.1 (10.1.23-9+deb9u1) ... Setting up socat (1.7.3.1-2+b1) ... Setting up galera-3 (25.3.19-2) ... Processing triggers for systemd (232-25) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.6.1-2) ... Setting up mariadb-server-10.1 (10.1.23-9+deb9u1) ... Job for mariadb.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status mariadb.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details. invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "start" failed. ● mariadb.service - MariaDB database server Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/mariadb.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2017-07-05 16:12:24 PDT; 15ms ago Process: 22411 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/mysqld $MYSQLD_OPTS $_WSREP_NEW_CLUSTER $_WSREP_START_POSITION (code=exited, status=227/NO_NEW_PRIVILEGES) Process: 22319 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c [ ! -e /usr/bin/galera_recovery ] && VAR= || VAR=`/usr/bin/galera_recovery`; [ $? -eq 0 ] && systemctl set-environment _WSREP_START_POSITION=$VAR || exit 1 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 22315 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c systemctl unset-environment _WSREP_START_POSITION (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 22312 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/install -m 755 -o mysql -g root -d /var/run/mysqld (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 22411 (code=exited, status=227/NO_NEW_PRIVILEGES) Jul 05 16:12:24 ozzloy.lifeafterking.org systemd[1]: Starting MariaDB databas….. Jul 05 16:12:24 ozzloy.lifeafterking.org systemd[22411]: mariadb.service: Fai…nt Jul 05 16:12:24 ozzloy.lifeafterking.org systemd[1]: mariadb.service: Main pr…ES Jul 05 16:12:24 ozzloy.lifeafterking.org systemd[1]: Failed to start MariaDB …r. Jul 05 16:12:24 ozzloy.lifeafterking.org systemd[1]: mariadb.service: Unit en…e. Jul 05 16:12:24 ozzloy.lifeafterking.org systemd[1]: mariadb.service: Failed …'. Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full. dpkg: error processing package mariadb-server-10.1 (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mariadb-server: mariadb-server depends on mariadb-server-10.1 (>= 10.1.23-9+deb9u1); however: Package mariadb-server-10.1 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package mariadb-server (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: mariadb-server-10.1 mariadb-server E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) ozzloy:~/ $ [16:12:25] ozzloy:~/ $ [16:12:30] ozzloy:~/ $ [16:12:30] ozzloy:~/ $ [16:12:30] ozzloy:~/ $ [16:12:31] ozzloy:~/ $ [16:12:31] ################################################## ################################################## ** uninstall mariadb-server-10.1 ozzloy:~/ $ sudo apt-get remove --autoremove -y mariadb-server-10.1 [16:12:31] Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: galera-3 mariadb-server mariadb-server-10.1 mariadb-server-core-10.1 socat 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 5 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 2 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 109 MB disk space will be freed. (Reading database ... 228433 files and directories currently installed.) Removing mariadb-server (10.1.23-9+deb9u1) ... Removing mariadb-server-10.1 (10.1.23-9+deb9u1) ... Removing galera-3 (25.3.19-2) ... Removing mariadb-server-core-10.1 (10.1.23-9+deb9u1) ... Removing socat (1.7.3.1-2+b1) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.6.1-2) ... ozzloy:~/ $ [16:12:44] ozzloy:~/ $ [16:12:45] ozzloy:~/ $ [16:12:45] ozzloy:~/ $ [16:12:45] ozzloy:~/ $ [16:12:45] ################################################## ################################################## ** add mariadb systemd configuration ozzloy:~/ $ sudo systemctl edit mariadb.service [16:12:46] ozzloy:~/ $ cat /etc/systemd/system/mariadb.service.d/override.conf [16:13:10] [Service] PrivateDevices=false NoNewPrivileges=false ozzloy:~/ $ [16:13:26] ozzloy:~/ $ [16:13:31] ozzloy:~/ $ [16:13:31] ozzloy:~/ $ [16:13:31] ozzloy:~/ $ [16:13:31] ################################################## ################################################## ** clean install mariadb-server with override.conf in place ahead of time ozzloy:~/ $ sudo apt-get install -y mariadb-server [16:13:31] Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following additional packages will be installed: galera-3 mariadb-server-10.1 mariadb-server-core-10.1 socat Suggested packages: mariadb-test netcat-openbsd tinyca The following NEW packages will be installed: galera-3 mariadb-server mariadb-server-10.1 mariadb-server-core-10.1 socat 0 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/11.8 MB of archives. After this operation, 109 MB of additional disk space will be used. Preconfiguring packages ... Selecting previously unselected package galera-3. (Reading database ... 228172 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../galera-3_25.3.19-2_amd64.deb ... Unpacking galera-3 (25.3.19-2) ... Selecting previously unselected package mariadb-server-core-10.1. Preparing to unpack .../mariadb-server-core-10.1_10.1.23-9+deb9u1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking mariadb-server-core-10.1 (10.1.23-9+deb9u1) ... Selecting previously unselected package socat. Preparing to unpack .../socat_1.7.3.1-2+b1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking socat (1.7.3.1-2+b1) ... Selecting previously unselected package mariadb-server-10.1. Preparing to unpack .../mariadb-server-10.1_10.1.23-9+deb9u1_amd64.deb ... /var/lib/mysql: found previous version 10.1 Unpacking mariadb-server-10.1 (10.1.23-9+deb9u1) ... Selecting previously unselected package mariadb-server. Preparing to unpack .../mariadb-server_10.1.23-9+deb9u1_all.deb ... Unpacking mariadb-server (10.1.23-9+deb9u1) ... Setting up mariadb-server-core-10.1 (10.1.23-9+deb9u1) ... Setting up socat (1.7.3.1-2+b1) ... Setting up galera-3 (25.3.19-2) ... Processing triggers for systemd (232-25) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.6.1-2) ... Setting up mariadb-server-10.1 (10.1.23-9+deb9u1) ... Setting up mariadb-server (10.1.23-9+deb9u1) ... ozzloy:~/ $ [16:14:13]