> Sorry I first misread yor question (I hope I cancelled prev. post on time). I thought you have problems connecting to mysql while actual problem is: Why it is so easy for everyone (even from outside) to connect? > Yes this is normal: default user is root *without password* > if you wan't to secure your installation... well just read the manual :-)
ok.. but i have root password set up. that works fine. if i'm as root and start the client it complains if i don't indicate that i'll be using password. but if y use _anything-else_ as user (i.e. -u stuff ) it just lets me right through. the users are not real local system users. just invented stuff. once i'm in thought i can not (apparently) do anything - create or drop or anything like that - and don't see any of the databases. but i still shouldn't even get to that point... by default... my guess is that i have to set up a password for '' (empty user) @ localhost and '' (empty user) @ my.machine.name.xxx... right? > http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/default-privileges.html > also > http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/security.html > HTH > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
