I installed MySQL on my Ubuntu desktop, (I'm still using Feisty, but I don't think that should matter, it's updated) and I noticed that in the MySQL documentation it said I need to set a password for the root admin account, and an anonymous account, which both have root permissions. I used the commands that they posted on the website to do just that, but MySQL doesn't seem to recognize what I am doing. In other words, it won't let me log in. The port is set to 3306(MySQL) by default, but it does not accept my log in, in MySQL Aministration, (or mysql-admin) package.
My question is, as long as I kill all the MySQL PIDs, will I be secure, when I'm online? In other words, if the MySQL PIDs are killed, then isn't it true that no-one can hack into mysql, because it's turned off? Another question: After I installed mysql, I noticed that evolution was running when I checked htop. Is evolution a default install for ubuntu 7.04, or is it part of mysql? Is there a way to configure ubuntu, or even linux, so that certain Processes will not start on startup, so I don't have to kill them every time I start up, but I don't want to uninstall them. So that I can turn them on later when I want them? Thanks Paul _________________________________________________________________ Talk to your Yahoo! Friends via Windows Live Messenger. Find out how. http://www.windowslive.com/explore/messenger?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_messenger_yahoo_082008
