Re: Securing MySQL on Mac OSX

2009-03-11 Thread Tom Brown
It mentions that root in MySQL has nothing to do with the root of Mac OSX, but I need to know if MySQL being unprotected in this way has opened a door for hackers. it means that they can do whatever they want to the mysql db's without being prompted for a password. This does not mean th

Securing MySQL on Mac OSX

2009-03-11 Thread Matthew Stuart
I am in the process of installing MySQL and PHP on my Mac following instruction in a book written by a chap called David Powers. I have come to a section that is called 'Securing MySQL on Mac OSX'. Basically it states that MySQL is up and running with a default account of '

problem with starting mysql on mac osx 10.4

2006-11-08 Thread uszek
Hi, I constantly keep receiving this kind of error: mariuszlenks-ibook-g4:~ mariuszlenk$ cd /usr/local/mysql mariuszlenks-ibook-g4:/usr/local/mysql mariuszlenk$ sudo ./bin/mysqld_safe Password: ./bin/mysqld_safe: line 1: ./bin/my_print_defaults: cannot execute binary file ./bin/mysqld_safe: line 1

Re: Problem installing MySQL on Mac OSX 10.4.3

2005-12-05 Thread Brent Baisley
Those message are kind of odd, even on a messed up system. I would first run the repair privileges in the disk utility for good measure, then delete all traces of MySQL and just start over. MySQL should be in /usr/local/mysql. To remove it just type: sudo rm -R /usr/local/mysql Then try ins

Problem installing MySQL on Mac OSX 10.4.3

2005-12-02 Thread Ton Kuypers
Hi, I've downloaded the "mysql-max-4.1.15-apple-darwin8.2.0-powerpc.dmg" and tried to install it, but I keep on getting the error "You cannot continue. There is nothing to install". I've also tried the "mysql-max-5.0.16-osx10.4-powerpc.dmg" and the "mysql-standard-4.1.15-apple-darwin8.2.0-p

Mysql on Mac OSX

2002-08-02 Thread Pierre Vaudrey
I'm new to the list trying to run Php & Mysql on the Apache server built-in Mac OSX. I'm running with the following error : [localhost:/usr/local/mysql] pierreva% mysql ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2) [localhost:/usr/local/mysql] pierreva% Can