diff --git a/install_mysql.sh b/install_mysql.sh
index 1b08f9d..d560300 100755
--- a/install_mysql.sh
+++ b/install_mysql.sh
@@ -5237,7 +5237,53 @@ if ! $UPDATE_MYSQL || $_sys_maint_cnf_needed ; then
 
    _maint_user=sys-maint
 
-   if [[ "$MYSQL_MAJOR_VERSION" -lt 8 ]]; then
+   if [[ "$MYSQL_DISTRIBUTION" = "MariaDB" ]]; then
+
+      echononl "Erstelle maintance MySQL User '${_maint_user}' - localhost.."
+      echo "" >> ${logdir}/main.log
+      echo "## - Erstelle maintance MySQL User '${_maint_user}' - localhost" >> ${logdir}/main.log
+      echo "" >> ${logdir}/main.log
+      echo "${MYSQL_INSTALL_DIR}/bin/mysql -uroot -p$MYSQL_ROOT_PW mysql -N -s -e \"CREATE USER '${_maint_user}'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '$_maint_passwd'\"" >> ${logdir}/main.log
+      ${MYSQL_INSTALL_DIR}/bin/mysql -uroot -p$MYSQL_ROOT_PW mysql -N -s -e "CREATE USER '${_maint_user}'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '$_maint_passwd'" >> ${logdir}/main.log 2>&1
+      if [ "$?" = "0" ]; then
+         echo_ok
+      else
+         echo_failed
+         error Konnte \(MySQL\) User \"${_maint_user}\" nicht erstellen..
+
+         echononl "continue anyway [yes/no]: "
+         read OK
+         OK="$(echo "$OK" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')"
+         while [[ "$OK" != "yes" ]] && [[  "$OK" != "no" ]] ; do
+            echononl "Wrong entry! - repeat [yes/nno]: "
+            read OK
+         done
+         [[ $OK = "yes" ]] || fatal "Abbruch durch User"
+      fi
+
+      echononl "Set (all) privileges to MySQL User '${_maint_user}' - localhost.."
+      echo "" >> ${logdir}/main.log
+      echo "## - Set (all) privileges to MySQL User '${_maint_user}' - localhost" >> ${logdir}/main.log
+      echo "" >> ${logdir}/main.log
+      echo "${MYSQL_INSTALL_DIR}/bin/mysql -uroot -p$MYSQL_ROOT_PW mysql -N -s -e \"GRANT ALL ON *.* TO '${_maint_user}'@'localhost'\"" >> ${logdir}/main.log
+      ${MYSQL_INSTALL_DIR}/bin/mysql -uroot -p$MYSQL_ROOT_PW mysql -N -s -e "GRANT ALL ON *.* TO '${_maint_user}'@'localhost'" >> ${logdir}/main.log 2>&1
+      if [ "$?" = "0" ]; then
+         echo_ok
+      else
+         echo_failed
+         error Konnte \(MySQL\) User \"${_maint_user}\" nicht erstellen..
+
+         echononl "continue anyway [yes/no]: "
+         read OK
+         OK="$(echo "$OK" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')"
+         while [[ "$OK" != "yes" ]] && [[  "$OK" != "no" ]] ; do
+            echononl "Wrong entry! - repeat [yes/nno]: "
+            read OK
+         done
+         [[ $OK = "yes" ]] || fatal "Abbruch durch User"
+      fi
+
+   elif [[ "$MYSQL_MAJOR_VERSION" -lt 8 ]]; then
 
       echononl "Erstelle maintance MySQL User '${_maint_user}' - localhost.."
       echo "" >> ${logdir}/main.log