On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 08:51:32 -0600, Steve Greenland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 16-Dec-04, 08:04 (CST), Olaf van der Spek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Take for example a web application like a forum. It requires the > > password so it can connect to the database. It can't/won't ask the > > password from the user. > > But there is (or at least, should be) a specific user for that forum > application, with the minimum of rights needed for that application > (e.g. SELECT and UPDATE) in a single specific database. You're talking > about a DB *admin* password.
Ah, k. It makes less/no sense to store that password. But I wonder, is there no way to use the 'power' of the root account to do such DB administration without password then?