Hi,
Jamie Strandboge [2007-10-02 2:17 -]:
> Wouldn't it be better to prompt for the password until we figure
> out/have the time to implement the best way to not prompt safely?
Full ack.
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Root password policy for mysql
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On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 11:09:28AM -, Caspar Clemens Mierau wrote:
> Well actually this is a huge step back on the timetable, isn't it? I
> guess a patch for this feature will take some months for development and
> security/stabilty testing. So that's the reason I hoped for skip-priv-
> like so
On Mon, Jun 11, 2007 at 12:45:42PM -, Soren Hansen wrote:
> However, after talking to Martin Pitt, we've decided to try to actually
> *fix* things rather than patch them. I'll be filling a bug against the
> debian package by the end of this week (or if someone else has the time,
> feel free to
Caspar Clemens Mierau wrote:
> I guess /etc/defaults is also a good place for a variable to source.
Right:
# MySQL root password is empty. Enable MySQL service and set root's
# password with 'mysqladmin -u root password [your new password]'.
#
# If root's password isn left empty, all local users
Soren Hansen wrote:
> Alright then. I've added a "resetpasswd" option to /etc/init.d/mysql
> which asks for a new password (using whiptail) and sets it accordingly.
Well, we have postfix which asks questions on installation, so adding
questions to mysql shouldn't be a big problem.
But, we shoul
Caspar Clemens Mierau wrote:
> Can name this? That would be the perfect solution as we only need to
> call this.
Check out Mathias's comments.
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Caspar Clemens Mierau wrote:
> 1. Are there any other applications where random passwords are set (that
> you need)?
Yes, mysql. People are unaware of this, but there is another root user
in mysql wich has random password. Check /etc/mysql/debian.cnf.
> 2. MySQL by default does not listen on a
On Thu, Jun 07, 2007 at 01:06:24PM -, Soren Hansen wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 07, 2007 at 11:32:14AM -, Caspar Clemens Mierau wrote:
> > Actually you can do the sudo thing without hacking mysql or touching
> > mysql code. A rather simple init/shell-script (re)starting mysqld with
> > skip privile
On Thu, Jun 07, 2007 at 11:32:14AM -, Caspar Clemens Mierau wrote:
> Actually you can do the sudo thing without hacking mysql or touching
> mysql code. A rather simple init/shell-script (re)starting mysqld with
> skip privileges lets you overwrite existing root passwords, that is also
> the way
