On Tue, 04 Mar 2008 08:44:47 -0500, Dan Rogart wrote: > You can have a file called .my.cnf in your home directory that stores > it.
Ah, thanks. I don't have a .my.cnf file in my home directory, but I do have something in /etc which seems to be what I'm after. I can get it working for logging into MySQL as the root db admin but can't add the "rails" MySQL user so that user thufir can login to MySQL as "rails" passing the password from /etc/my.cnf (too many pronouns for that to make sense). Some success: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ mysql -u root Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection id is 20 Server version: 5.0.44-log Gentoo Linux mysql-5.0.44 Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer. mysql> quit Bye [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ head /etc/mysql/my.cnf -n 7 # /etc/mysql/my.cnf: The global mysql configuration file. # $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/dev-db/mysql/files/my.cnf-4.1,v 1.3 2006/05/05 19:51:40 chtekk Exp $ # The following options will be passed to all MySQL clients [client] user = root password = password [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ do I need to create a local .my.cnf file? thanks, Thufir -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
