Re: MySQL permission

From: Timothy Murphy (tim_at_birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie)
Date: 05/27/05 

Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 00:43:54 +0100

Dave Uhring wrote:

> On Thu, 26 May 2005 23:06:45 +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote:
>
>> As it appears you do not use Fedora,
>> perhaps you should keep your snide comments
>> for systems you are familiar with.
>
> As I originally posted a response to an article by someone named zeman,
> just who are you and where do you get the gall to comment on my "snide"
> comments?

This was your posting to which I was referring.
As you will see, it was in response to a posting of mine.

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On Thu, 26 May 2005 18:57:51 +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote:

>>> Dave Uhring wrote:
>>>
>>>> If you had bothered to read and implement the instructions presented to
>>>> you after installing the initial database you would not have this
>>>> problem.
>>>>
>>>> echo "PLEASE REMEMBER TO SET A PASSWORD FOR THE MySQL root USER !"
>>>> echo "This is done with:"
>>>> echo "$bindir/mysqladmin -u root password 'new-password'"
>>>> echo "$bindir/mysqladmin -u root -h $hostname password
'new-password'"
>>>> echo "See the manual for more instructions."

> I have checked, and this command is given when installing the RPM,
> and the above message does not occur.
> So it seems your snide remark "If you had bothered to read ..."
> was entirely uncalled for.

The quote was copy/pasted from the mysql_install_db script. If your
installation of mysql did not print those instructions on your screen then
either your version of mysql has been farked or you do not read too well.
=====================================================

If your brain-span is so short you cannot recall what you are replying to,
perhaps you are not quite as smart as you think. 

-- 
Timothy Murphy  
e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie
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