'Mariadb 10.4.24 status shows [Warning] Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost'
When I run the command sudo systemctl status mariadb I get the following screen with a warning in red.

This happened when I did an upgrade from Mariadb 10.3 to 10.4.24
This is my.cnf. I am not sure if this warning will have consequences.
I am certain that the root password is okay. I am able to login and list the users as shown below as well as perform other tasks such as create other users, create db and tables

Any assistance in resolving this issue is appreciated.
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