mariadb10.11/mariadb-auth_pam_tool_dir.patch

This scirpt is ran by the systemd service.
In Fedora the service has priviledges dropped to the mysql user.
Thus "chown 0" will always fail

Never parse 'ls' output!
http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/087

--- mariadb-10.4.12/scripts/mysql_install_db.sh	2020-01-26 21:43:53.000000000 +0100
+++ mariadb-10.4.12/scripts/mysql_install_db.sh_patched	2020-01-29 11:11:09.448812331 +0100
@@ -482,13 +482,16 @@ if test -n "$user"
 then
   if test -z "$srcdir" -a "$in_rpm" -eq 0
   then
-    chown 0 "$pamtooldir/auth_pam_tool_dir/auth_pam_tool" && \
-    chmod 04755 "$pamtooldir/auth_pam_tool_dir/auth_pam_tool"
-    if test $? -ne 0
+    if [ `stat "$pamtooldir/auth_pam_tool_dir/auth_pam_tool" -c %u` -ne 0 ]
     then
+      chown 0 "$pamtooldir/auth_pam_tool_dir/auth_pam_tool" && \
+      chmod 04755 "$pamtooldir/auth_pam_tool_dir/auth_pam_tool"
+      if test $? -ne 0
+      then
         echo "Couldn't set an owner to '$pamtooldir/auth_pam_tool_dir/auth_pam_tool'."
         echo "It must be root, the PAM authentication plugin doesn't work otherwise.."
         echo
+      fi
     fi
     chown $user "$pamtooldir/auth_pam_tool_dir" && \
     chmod 0700 "$pamtooldir/auth_pam_tool_dir"