[MySQL] User name/password

2001-04-10 Thread Tim Thorburn
Hello, After playing around for a few days in between real work, I got my new linux box up and running with RedHat 7.0 and MySQL 3.23.33 (the version the hosting company we use supports). My problem is that I know what password I use for the database as I need to type it in every time I

Re: [MySQL] User name/password

2001-04-10 Thread B. van Ouwerkerk
The username used if not specified in the mysql command, is your *nix username, so for instance, if I'm logged in as benji and type: mysql -p passwd prompt ** The mysql username is also benji. I would NOT consider it a good idea to use the same username for a shell account and a mysql