Kaili Xu

1）taoskeeper.xml 中的参数需要[手工配置](https://docs.taosdata.com/reference/components/taoskeeper/#%E5%91%BD%E4%BB%A4%E8%A1%8C%E5%8F%82%E6%95%B0%E5%92%8C%E7%8E%AF%E5%A2%83%E5%8F%98%E9%87%8F)。 2）可以不使用 root，但是要确保使用的账户拥有足够的权限。例如，如果 audit/log 库未创建，需要拥有建库权限。如果 audit/log 库已经创建，则需要对 audit/log 库拥有读写权限。3）taoskeeper 是用于审计或监控 TDengine 集群的运行状态，不是必须的。

@NephilimJaeger Your bug report states that "The command should use the actual database password, not the default", but the reproduction steps say a pod fails "using default credentials (i.e., 'taosdata')"....

@NephilimJaeger 1) The method you used to solve the problem is a workaround and this scenario has already been described in [FAQ](https://docs.tdengine.com/frequently-asked-questions/#28-after-changing-the-root-password-of-the-database-starting-taos-encounters-the-error-failed-to-connect-to-server-reason-authentication-failure). 2) If the root password changed, it should...