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james kilty wrote:
Its not so much the advantage of having so many ways to do something as having so many ways to STOP someone doing something. Anal retentive security - or security that works if you bother to set it up right. You can dis/en able people using the command line console, accessing from a local webserver, ssh etc as you choose. Try that with SqlServer - you'll need to buy at least two other servers and licences to get close!!On Mon, 2009-11-09 at 10:56 +0000, tom wrote:Have you got MySqlAdministrator (its the easist way one you can log in to the server) iether way log in as root first - and then make sure user james has all the permissions required - ie login @ localhost!I have made sure I have james@localhost with login password using phpmyadmin with all privileges and I have created a suitable database ready. I also made sure root with 3 provided entries (127.0.0.1 localhost and james-laptop) had passwords and all privileges. What is the advantage of having so many ways in? Does the host value % allow entry to all? Would it be an advantage to seet james@james-laptop as a host so I can more easily access it remotely?
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