--- doc/install/linux/install.pl	2019/02/19 19:03:42	1.50
+++ doc/install/linux/install.pl	2019/02/19 19:14:54	1.51
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ if (!open(LOG,">>loncapa_install.log"))
           &mt('Stopping execution.')."\n";
     exit;
 } else {
-    print LOG '$Id: install.pl,v 1.50 2019/02/19 19:03:42 raeburn Exp $'."\n";
+    print LOG '$Id: install.pl,v 1.51 2019/02/19 19:14:54 raeburn Exp $'."\n";
 }
 
 #
@@ -2477,10 +2477,10 @@ sub new_mysql_rootpasswd {
     my ($currmysqlpass,$usesauth,$is_mariadb) = @_;
     if ($usesauth) {
         if ($is_mariadb) {
-            return ("ALTER USER 'root'\@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY '$currmysqlpass'",
+            return ("ALTER USER 'root'\@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '$currmysqlpass'",
                     "FLUSH PRIVILEGES;");
         } else {
-            return ("ALTER USER 'root'\@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '$currmysqlpass'",
+            return ("ALTER USER 'root'\@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY '$currmysqlpass'",
                     "FLUSH PRIVILEGES;");
         }
     } else {