Victoria Reznichenko wrote:
>Anthony,
>Friday, October 11, 2002, 5:26:39 AM, you wrote:
>
>AWM> There is non-root user implementation of MySQL-Pro 4.0.4 linux binary in
>AWM> this users environment (RH 7.3).
>AWM> "my.cnf" has been modified to include individual "user", "port" ,
>AWM> "bind-address" and "host" specifics (and etc) unique to that user and is
>AWM> passed as "--defaults-file" through "mysqld_safe" script. Data
>AWM> directories are already available with this user/group's ownership.
>
>AWM> All attempts to run "mysql -u root file" and other privledged commands
>
>This is not a privilege command :-)
>It means that you connect as user 'root' without a password to the
>database 'file'.
>
This occurs immediately after running "mysql_install_db" then running
"mysql.server" scripts so there isn't any passwords at this time.
>
>AWM> (also tried --skip-grant-tables) end up with Error 1045 "Access Denied"
>AWM> ....?
>
>--skip-grant-tables is an option of mysqld, not a mysql client
>program.
>
>
Understood, however, doesn't using that switch (with mysqld) impact how
you gain access to the server from a security aspect whether using
mysql, mysqladmin etc?
Thank You,
Anthon
>
>
>
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