backups without revealing password

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, all! I would like to dump my mysql databases to cold files for separate backups; we're too cheap to buy the database agent that will do it live. I started with mysqldump --user=root --password=showtheworld --all-databases ... as I've seen

Re: backups without revealing password

On Mon, 28 Oct 2002, David T-G wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, all! I would like to dump my mysql databases to cold files for separate backups; we're too cheap to buy the database agent that will do it live. I started with mysqldump --user=root

Re: backups without revealing password

create a .my.cnf file in your home directory, and enter the useid and password here. David T-G wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, all! I would like to dump my mysql databases to cold files for separate backups; we're too cheap to buy the database agent that will do it

Re: backups without revealing password

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Gerald -- ...and then gerald_clark said... % % create a .my.cnf file in your home directory, and enter the useid and % password here. Ahhh... That's also not a bad idea. Between that and perhaps certificates I might be getting somewhere. Will