diff -uNr mariadb-10.8.4/scripts/mysql_install_db.sh mariadb-10.8.4.mod/scripts/mysql_install_db.sh
--- mariadb-10.8.4/scripts/mysql_install_db.sh	2022-08-10 17:30:23.000000000 +0530
+++ mariadb-10.8.4.mod/scripts/mysql_install_db.sh	2022-08-22 14:51:13.609730054 +0530
@@ -484,47 +484,8 @@
     fi
     chmod 700 "$dir"
   fi
-  if test -n "$user"
-  then
-    if test -z "$group"
-    then
-      chown $user $dir
-    else
-      chown $user:$group $dir
-    fi
-    if test $? -ne 0
-    then
-      echo "Cannot change ownership of the database directories to the '$user'"
-      echo "user.  Check that you have the necessary permissions and try again."
-      exit 1
-    fi
-  fi
 done
 
-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 $? -ne 0
-    then
-        echo "Couldn't set an owner to '$pamtooldir/auth_pam_tool_dir/auth_pam_tool'."
-        echo "It must be root, the PAM authentication plugin doesn't work otherwise.."
-        echo
-    fi
-    chown $user "$pamtooldir/auth_pam_tool_dir" && \
-    chmod 0700 "$pamtooldir/auth_pam_tool_dir"
-    if test $? -ne 0
-    then
-        echo "Cannot change ownership of the '$pamtooldir/auth_pam_tool_dir' directory"
-        echo "to the '$user' user. Check that you have the necessary permissions and try again."
-        echo
-    fi
-  fi
-  args="$args --user=$user"
-fi
-
 #To be enabled if/when we enable --group as an option to mariadbd
 #if test -n "$group"
 #then
