> Nice, I was using the database named mysql for my data so that fits > like a glove with the other software that accesses mysql. The grant > tables are in the mysql database, so passwording that database > secures my data and the grant tables right? Is it OK to leave the > "test" database as is?
For a security hardened database you should drop the test database and all users with "%" access. Also you can play with "bind-address" and "skip-networking" in the my.cnf upstream Docs: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/security.html What I've understud from your post is that in your config the "mysql" database is used to keep your data, this is a dangerous, that database is managed in a special way by MySQL (and never minded to keep extraneous data). create your own database with the "CREATE DATABASE name;" SQL command than "USE name" to switch to it. Cheers -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
