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Subject: ANNOUNCE: Tutorial # 23 (26-Aug-2000). secure-MySQL.pl From: "Ron Savage" <ron@savage.net.au> Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 17:42:20 +1000 This tutorial simply lists commands which make a fresh installation of MySQL more secure. These are: - Changing the root password - Deleting users with empty usernames (anonymous users) - Deleting users with empty passwords Also, we create 2 new users for use in forthcoming tutorials: Username/password = book/lover. See tutorial # 24 Username/password = wine/lover. See tutorial # 25 See http://savage.net.au/Perl-tutorials.html ===