[cobalt-security] [RaQ3i] mysql question

[Theodore Jones <theoj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

I inherited the administration of a RaQ3i server from which the previous
root/manager had allready installed MySQL onto.  She appears to have
done a fine job, as it's been working on a production site for a good
ammount of time with not a single problem.  She installed MySQL from a
package I believe, which she downloaded from the Cobalt site when it was
still posted there.

My question is (being a MySQL newbie), how can I figure out how it was
originally set up as far as user-names and passwords were originally
set, and whether there are any security concerns I should be aware of
with the way it is presently running and configured.   My primary goal
is to make sure that I can eventually add another site's database to
this MySQL server such that both site's data is safe and not accessible
from the other site.   At this point I can't even figure out how to log
on via a command prompt in a root shell session.

Any advice, besides the RTFM response would be greatly appreciated,

~ Thanks!, Theo