Hi, You should be able to do it with a tweak.. You can create a user and give all the priviliges to that user in the user table of mysql database, and then takeaway the privileges from the user root. Would that work for you?
Gurhan -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Field [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 5:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: change default root user name? I've had a question that I haven't really seen addressed anywhere... Is it okay to change the default "root" user name to a different name? Any issues involved by doing so? The reason I ask is that it seems to me that, because everyone knows that MySQL installs with the root user, one simple extra security measure would be to change the name; then someone pounding your server trying all possible password combos with root won't stand a chance. Am I missing anything? Jeff --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
