Dear Nitesh,
if you run the MySQL server under root, that's not quite safe. Better
start it with "mysqld -u mysql".
Secondly, use GRANT ... to set rights for specific users. Check the
manual for GRANT.
Then, delete the (default) root user from mysql.user. Delete any other
user who can log in wi
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- Original Message -
From: "Nitesh Garg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Simon Green" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 3:56 PM
Subject: Re: Regarding MySQL Passwor
-up, e.g. move the data directory to another drive.
Simon
-Original Message-
From: Nitesh Garg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 23 July 2001 14:56
To: Simon Green; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Regarding MySQL Passwords
Simon Green wrote:
> When you set up the sever to start with
Simon Green wrote:
> When you set up the sever to start with it has no passwords or user's set.
> What you have to do now is use the Grant command. But of course set the
> super/root user password first.
> It is well worth reading all the doc's on security.
> If you use -p and there is no passwor
When you set up the sever to start with it has no passwords or user's set.
What you have to do now is use the Grant command. But of course set the
super/root user password first.
It is well worth reading all the doc's on security.
If you use -p and there is no password set it will look for a passw
