On Sat, Nov 21, 2020 at 9:13 AM dan moylan <j...@moylan.us> wrote: > mysqldump -u moylanus_moy -p'********' -l moylanus_dat > moylanus_dat.sql > the script runs fine on my local computer, but on the remote > one i get a warning that the password on the command line is > insecure -- access denied. is there some way around this? >
That is correct, it is insecure. On a server, commandlines are visible between users. Better practice is to have a ~/.my.conf file or elsewhere - you can use a commandline variable to redirect https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16299603/mysql-utilities-my-cnf-option-file _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss