On Tue, Feb 07, 2006 at 03:24:01PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> One other small point is the bootstrapping problem: if you can't get
> into the database to modify the config table, you've got trouble.

Hence MySQL's --skip-grant-tables option; if you've locked yourself
out then you have to disable security entirely to get back in and
fix the problem.  With a configuration that you can edit from outside
the database, you can usually get back in without having to punch
as big a hole.

-- 
Michael Fuhr

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