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MySQL user connection to database [message #639993] Tue, 21 July 2015 03:29 Go to next message
reym21
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Sirs,

We're a newbie to MySQL implementation, just to validate this:
Is the "root" account the only account that can connect to a database?

This was an outsource system before and after the warranty ends,
we're the one administering this right now.

Every time we connect to the database, we execute this command
'mysql -u root -p', although we had an account as DBA at the OS,
but we use the "root" password when connecting to the database.

Thank you.

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Re: MySQL user connection to database [message #640013 is a reply to message #639993] Tue, 21 July 2015 06:11 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Mahesh Rajendran
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>>Is the "root" account the only account that can connect to a database?
No. You can create different accounts with different privs.
As in any database/OS, connecting as the Super user for all operations is just bad.

[Updated on: Tue, 21 July 2015 06:11]

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Re: MySQL user connection to database [message #640388 is a reply to message #640013] Mon, 27 July 2015 20:37 Go to previous message
reym21
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Sir,

Thanks for this confirmation.

I think that this should be raised to our Security Group,
said contractor deployed a "default" MySQL implementation.

Regards,

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