Password protection

[Bjørn Stave]

Hi MySQL

I am a new user of your product, and so far everything looks great, except for password protection...

I have completed a new setup on WinXP, with Mysqld-nt as a service, and assigned a new password to root. However I am able to connect as root without password, alter and even drop tables and complete databases with the tool MySQLFront !!!

If I try to connect using MySQLadmin at the command prompt without password I am rejected as expected.

Did I miss out on something important, or is there a commonly known backdoor to the MySQLdb

A litle extra info
Server: WinXP, MySQL ver. 3.23.49nt (commandprompt rejects acces without pw)
Client: WinXP, MySQLFRONT ver. 2.2 from MySQLfront.de (acces without pw granted)
Purpose of use: development of a servicemanagement/CRM application as ISV

Being a bit worried to continue developing, I look forward to hering from You.

Kind regards
Bjørn D. W. Stave
Expressive.dk


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