Actually you can do the sudo thing without hacking mysql or touching mysql code. A rather simple init/shell-script (re)starting mysqld with skip privileges lets you overwrite existing root passwords, that is also the way mysql suggests.
So a /etc/init.d/mysql setpass could interactively ask you wheter to restart mysql with skip privs listening only on a local socket, set a new password and restart mysql with normal my.cnf configuration afterwards. That might sound a little freaky but actually it's fewer code, more maintainable and mysql administrators used to have a standard mysql server don't get puzzled about a patched server. -- Root password policy for mysql https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/119075 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
