Re: [cobalt-security] [RaQ3i] mysql question

["Kevin D" <kdlists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Uh... you can RTFM at  http://www.mysql.com/documentation/index.html

If you don't have a password for the mysql user you are in a spot of trouble
(call the previsous admin and get it, cuz the only way to get a new password
is to reinstall MySQL, as far as i can tell).

Here's how to log on, and you don't have to be a root user to do it:
mysql -u mysql -p

You will be prompted for the mysql username. Without it, you can't log in.

MySQL is commonly used for multiple web sites with different databases. When
permissions are set correctly, one user cannot access the databse of another
user.

You really should RTFM, it's actually pretty darn good as far as online
documentation goes.

Kevin

----- Original Message -----
From: "Theodore Jones" <theoj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Cobalt Users List" <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Cobalt Security
Disc." <cobalt-security@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 7:21 PM
Subject: [cobalt-security] [RaQ3i] mysql question


> 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
>
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