At 23:49 29/5/2002 -0400, Charles Brown wrote: Hi, >I removed the "user=" and "password=" entries from the my.ini >file, because I didn't like seeing a password exposed in plain text. >This seemed to have no effect on MySQL at all. What are those >entries for? Do I need them? What should they be? The MySQL >account name and password?
No you don't need them if you don't want that the tool queries the server for to see the variables, databases/tables and make reports, in another words them are used for to connect to the server, not for start/stop the server. However you need to consider that the my.ini file is locates at WinDir directory (WINNT\Windows) and for security you need to protect that directory with the Windows directives, in this case the my.ini file even in plain text should be protected. Regards, Miguel -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Miguel A. Solórzano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ MySQL AB, FullTime Developer /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ Mogi das Cruzes - São Paulo, Brazil <___/ www.mysql.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
