If the app is in another machine, you may want to try adding a user named "root%hostname". Then give this account the required access to the database it connects to.
--- mike t. ----- Original Message ---- From: John Peter Loh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 8, 2007 3:26:55 PM Subject: Re: [plug] [OT] cracking mysql root passowrd It's encrypted. Besides, using the root user for your application is not good practice. On 8/8/07, Rommel Asibal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi guys, > > anyone have any idea how to crack a mysql root password? i am root and i can > change the mysql password anytime but i need to get the value since its > important in another application. > > google is giving me so many avenues its just too much info, i dont know if > im going in the right direction. > -- > ... > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
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