diff --git a/include/functions b/include/functions
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new mode 100644
diff --git a/include/tests_databases b/include/tests_databases
index b223cd8b..2ebf2972 100644
--- a/include/tests_databases
+++ b/include/tests_databases
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@
 
         # "-u root --password=" avoids ~/.my.cnf authentication settings
         # "plugin = 'mysql_native_password' AND authentication_string = ''" avoids false positives when secure plugins are used 
-        FIND=$(${MYSQLCLIENTBINARY} --no-defaults -u root --password= --silent --batch --execute="SELECT count(*) FROM mysql.user WHERE user = 'root' AND plugin = 'mysql_native_password' AND authentication_string = ''" mysql 2>/dev/null)
-        if [ "${FIND}" > "0" ]; then
+        FIND=$(${MYSQLCLIENTBINARY} --no-defaults -u root --password= --silent --batch --execute="SELECT count(*) FROM mysql.user WHERE user = 'root' AND plugin = 'mysql_native_password' AND authentication_string = ''" mysql 2>/dev/null; echo $?)
+        if [ "${FIND}" = "0" ]; then
            LogText "Result: Login succeeded, no MySQL root password set!"
            ReportWarning ${TEST_NO} "No MySQL root password set"
            Display --indent 4 --text "- Checking empty MySQL root password" --result "${STATUS_WARNING}" --color RED
diff --git a/include/tests_logging b/include/tests_logging
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diff --git a/include/tests_squid b/include/tests_squid
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diff --git a/include/tests_time b/include/tests_time
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