> con <- dbConnect(MySQL(),
+ user = 'root',
+ password = 'CENSORED',
+ host = 'localhost',
+ dname = 'maceme5_boldgrid')
> summary(con)
<MySQLConnection:0,0>
  User:   root
  Host:   localhost
  Dbname:
  Connection type: Localhost via UNIX socket

Results:
> dbGetInfo(con)
$host
[1] "localhost"

$user
[1] "root"

$dbname
[1] ""

$conType
[1] "Localhost via UNIX socket"

$serverVersion
[1] "5.5.5-10.0.31-MariaDB"

$protocolVersion
[1] 10

$threadId
[1] 19162

$rsId
list()