Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 00:24:10 -0800 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Technical Director" <technical@ultratrends.com>, "Positive Negative" <positiveviolence@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO) Message-ID: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNMEDGFAAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <20050202211111.D64563@server1.ultratrends.com>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Technical > Director > Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 8:15 PM > To: Positive Negative > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: > NO) > > > > Positive Negative, > > You might seriously consider not using 'root@localhost' as > well I would bet 10 to 1 that he's installing an application that already is designed NOT to use the mysql root user to access it's database. This is a case of someone who isn't understanding the design of the app he's setting up. It worked only because he was running an out-of-box sql server install which had nothing for a root password. He probably misread the instructions and used root instead of the username that he was supposed to use. > since most > php scripts read the username/password information in clear text on a > nobody:nobody read filesystem. IOW other people can read your files. > Do you run php database driven apps on the same server as you use to provide shell services? I don't. If the webserver is configured right it won't allow remote clients to read the scripts, only execute them. Ted
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