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<DIV><FONT size=2 face="Tahoma, sans-serif">Apologies if this is a real newb
question but MySQL in BO and BQ seems to be installed with some default users
without passwords:</DIV>
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<DIV> User
Host
Password Global
privileges </DIV>
<DIV>
Any
%
--
USAGE No </DIV>
<DIV>
Any
localhost
No
USAGE No </DIV>
<DIV>
Any localhost.localdomain
No
USAGE No </DIV>
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<DIV>This seems a bit alarming. Can I safely remove these?</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><STRONG>mysql> select User,Host from
mysql.user;<BR>+------+-----------------------+<BR>| User |
Host
|<BR>+------+-----------------------+<BR>| root |
127.0.0.1
|<BR>| root |
localhost
|<BR>| root | localhost.localdomain |<BR>+------+-----------------------+<BR>3
rows in set (0.00 sec)<BR></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><STRONG>the user is root, and that is because on
a default install there is no password set.</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><STRONG></STRONG></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2
face=Arial>Gerald</DIV></FONT></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>