tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3080615211468083537.post4214215860416355418..comments2023-09-27T11:36:08.392+03:00Comments on Blog of (former?) MySQL Entomologist: MySQL 5.6 Experiences - .mylogin.cnf and mysql_config_editorValerii Kravchukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13158916419325454260noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3080615211468083537.post-65629488466138516462016-02-23T10:29:25.147+02:002016-02-23T10:29:25.147+02:00There doesn't seem to be an option to specify ...There doesn't seem to be an option to specify the location of the .mylogin.cnf file so it makes scripting very difficult. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06297724976095900198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3080615211468083537.post-60946129101657727882013-06-05T10:44:48.185+03:002013-06-05T10:44:48.185+03:00Yes, this solution is obvious, but with old script...Yes, this solution is obvious, but with old scripts that worked for years (even if they were neither secure nor perfect) it takes a lot of time to fix them. Let me just quote user comment in the bug report:<br /><br />"Does the MySQL development team have ANY idea how many man-hours of work they have inflicted on DBAs and developers relying on command line input responses that DO NOT return the word "Warning" or "Error" in the case of successful execution??? I alone will be spending at least 100 hours to upgrade and test all our in-house maintenance, and installation scripts to work around this idiotic warning."Valerii Kravchukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13158916419325454260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3080615211468083537.post-74956437704799428622013-06-04T15:11:00.721+03:002013-06-04T15:11:00.721+03:00Valeriy,
You forget to mention the most obvious s...Valeriy,<br /><br />You forget to mention the most obvious solution to The Password Problem : just don't use passwords in scripts (and from there on the command line). <br />Passwords in scripts don't provide any additional security IMHO. Georgi Kodinovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00589015314411620681noreply@blogger.com